{"id":107733,"date":"2020-11-29T07:00:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=107733"},"modified":"2020-11-28T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T23:00:29","slug":"i-thought-social-workers-were-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=107733","title":{"rendered":"I thought social workers were the answer?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kristin Benson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From KOMO news<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Case worker ID’d after being fatally stabbed by resident at Belltown apartment building<\/h3>\n

A man accused of stabbing a woman to death Monday morning at an apartment building in Seattle’s Belltown area waived his right Tuesday to appear in court as prosecutors laid out some details of what happened during the violent attack.<\/p>\n

Hans Dewey Van-Belkum, 58, remained at the King County Jail without bond on Tuesday in connection with the slaying of Kristin Benson, who worked as a housing case manager for the company that managed the building. The suspect is expected to return Wednesday to court, where he could be formally arraigned.<\/p>\n

Officers and medics responded to the Scargo-Lewiston apartment building near 1st Avenue and Blanchard Street, at about 10:45 a.m. Monday after receiving reports of a stabbing at the residential mid-rise, which houses people who were formerly homeless.<\/p>\n

When police arrived, they found Benson suffering from severe knife puncture wounds, investigators said. Police and medics tried to save her life but she died at the scene, authorities have said.<\/p>\n

Police said Van-Belkum lived in the building but initially fled from the scene after the attack. He was arrested later in the day after an hours-long search.<\/p>\n

He was taken into custody in Seattle just before 4 p.m. Monday, police said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s more at the source. She seems to have been a magnificent person who always helped people. She is said to have been well liked by the residents of the building. As for motive? The guy is thought to have been mistakenly under the impression his Social Security benefits were being taken away.<\/p>\n

This is a truly heartbreaking story, but it highlights why police end up dealing with people with severe mental illness. They can be dangerous and prone to irrational violence. Dealing with this guy is\u00a0exactly\u00a0<\/em>the type of non-violent, mentally unstable person that results in a 911 call that the left would prefer to send in a social worker like Ms. Benson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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