LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A woman survived after being stabbed 26 times by her boyfriend in a domestic violence incident.
“I have to talk about that because I’m still alive. I’m here and I have to talk about that,” Edina told 8 News Now.
She told 8 News Now that she only wanted to be identified by her first name.
Her left hand is covered in a bandage from the stabbing on the night of Jan. 16 at an apartment complex in the 3100 block of Tarpon Drive near Tropicana and Hacienda avenues.
“All the doctors and the nurses come in and everybody told me, ‘Oh my God. This is a miracle. You are alive.’ I’m like, why? What happened,” she recalled.
The wounds serve as a reminder.
“I feel so much better now. I can take a shower now. He almost cut my ring finger,” she said.
Edina had arrived at her apartment after a 12-hour shift of cleaning houses. She said her boyfriend, who lived with her, was acting weird.
“I’m so mad because I don’t know why he was doing this because he knows I love him, and I know he loves me,” Edina said.
She went to bed and then he began stabbing her multiple times in the stomach. She used her hands to fight him off and then escaped the apartment. Her yelling caught the attention of a neighbor who showed up with a gun.
According to the Las Vegas Metro Police Department, her boyfriend died of a self-inflicted wound. SWAT and crisis negotiators responded and when SWAT entered the couple’s apartment, they found the man’s body.
Edina spent about three weeks at Sunrise Hospital.
“They told me he stabbed me 26 times. I’m like what?” Edina said.
She is staying at Steve Csiki’s house. He met her through the close-knit Las Vegas Hungarian community. Csiki said he couldn’t believe she survived.
“Everybody in the hospital told her in the hospital you are one of the blessed ones because [there were] multiple stabs in the stomach. Cutting hands left, right. Obviously, he tried to cut her throat,” Csiki said.
Edina has started physical therapy. She said she plans to move back to Hungary after living in the United States for 10 years and expressed gratitude to the man who showed up with a gun and called 911.
“I want to thank that guy who saved my life because if he’s not coming. I’m dead,” Edina said.
A GoFundMe was set up to help Edina return to Hungary. You can find the account by searching under “Help Edina Rebuild her Life after Tragedy.”
Help is available via the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) and the Domestic Violence Resource Center at 775-329-4150.
