Prosecutors in Fresno County, California have filed charges against Jason Richard Budrow, the inmate accused of stabbing Paul Ruben Flores, the convicted murderer of college student Kristin Smart.
Budrow, himself a convicted murderer, allegedly attacked Flores with a homemade weapon at Pleasant Valley State Prison on August 23rd, causing serious neck injuries. Flores was airlifted to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Budrow now faces four new charges:
- Assault with a deadly weapon on a prison inmate
- Inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant
- Bringing a deadly weapon into a prison
- Possession of a deadly weapon by a prisoner
If convicted, Budrow could face 27 years to life in prison, plus an additional 9 years for the enhancements. This sentence would be additional to the life sentence he is already serving for the murders of his girlfriend and a cellmate.
Motive for the attack remains unclear. Budrow is also serving a life sentence for murdering cellmate Roger Reece Kibbe, known as the I-5 Strangler. Budrow claimed he killed Kibbe to avenge the serial killer's victims.
Flores was serving a 25-to-life sentence for the 1996 murder of Smart, his fellow student at California Polytechnic State University. Smart's body has never been found, and a separate jury acquitted Flores' father of helping hide the body.
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