A 3-year-old girl who died after being stabbed multiple times at her mother’s workplace in downtown Los Angeles “for no apparent reason” was identified Wednesday morning by the county coroner’s office, two days after the fatal incident.
Ricardo Augusto Utuy is shown in a photo provided by LAPD on Nov. 1, 2016.
Ruby Vasquez was killed, allegedly by her mother’s co-worker, at the McGarry Street clothing factory in the 800 block of McGarry Street about 5:15 p.m. Monday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
She had just been picked up from day care to be with her mother at the clothing factory when, “without warning,” 34-year-old Richard Augusto Utuy attacked the girl with a knife, and LAPD news release stated.
Utuy stabbed the child “for no apparent reason,” police told the Los Angeles Times.
The little girl — initially identified only as “Baby Ruby” — was taken by private vehicle to an area hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Utuy fled the scene after the stabbing, but was later arrested and booked on suspicion of murder. His bail was set at $1 million bail.
The suspect starting working at the factory about two weeks ago, and he did not know the toddler’s family, according to LAPD Detective Moses Castillo.
“That’s the bizarre thing about this — there is no known motive,” he said. “It was unprovoked. … There is no words to even try to describe this person.”
LAPD released a photo of Utuy because police think he could be associated with unreported crimes.
“Anybody that’s capable of doing this heinous act to a young child is capable of doing anything,” Castillo said.
KTLA’s Alberto Mendez contributed to this story.
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