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closeBELLINGHAM — Police spent Monday pursuing leads but said they had yet to identify the attacker who stabbed a Skagit County man to death Sunday.
David L. Datskiy, 20, of Mount Vernon was stabbed by an unidentified man on James Street near Gladstone Street around 1 p.m. Sunday. Datskiy and a passenger had pulled their Honda over when the suspect, who was driving a white Cadillac, got out of his vehicle and stabbed Datskiy after a short exchange of words between the two, according to police.
The suspect then got back in his car and drove away. Witnesses reported that a woman was in the passenger seat of the Cadillac but could not describe her.
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The suspect in Sunday’s stabbing is described as a white man, 5-foot-8, medium build, bald, no facial hair, wearing a blue shirt and black pants. He was driving a white late-1990s Cadillac.
Anyone with information is asked to call Bellingham Police at 778-8804.
Bellingham Police Lt. Steve Felmley said Datskiy’s passenger, a male friend, drove him to St. Joseph Hospital. Datskiy died due to blood loss from a single stab wound to his upper abdomen, said Whatcom County Medical Examiner Gary Goldfogel.
The stabbing is being investigated as a homicide. There is no indication at this time that Datskiy knew his attacker, Felmley said.
Though initial reports indicated that the stabbing may have began as a road-rage incident, Felmley said that there is no evidence that Datskiy and the Cadillac driver were racing or driving aggressively before the incident.
Datskiy has several criminal and noncriminal traffic violations on record in several counties, including Whatcom and Skagit. He was convicted in Lewis County in 2006 of possession of methamphetamine and in 2007 of jumping bail, according to a Lewis County Superior Court clerk.
Liana Datskiy said her brother worked with his father, Leonid, as an electrician. The family has lived in the Mount Vernon area for 14 years after emigrating from Rostov, Russia.
“He was practically loved by everyone,” Liana said.
Liana said her brother was on his way to visit a friend in Bellingham when the fight broke out. The family is unsure what led to the altercation, but Liana said David’s car had been stalling recently, which she believed could have caused a road-rage incident.
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