Man Accused of Stabbing 2 Teens at Grand Central Is a Mentally Ill Stalker Who Needs to Be Locked Up, Ex-Girlfriend Says

The ex-girlfriend of a man accused of stabbing two teenage girls on Christmas Day at Grand Central Station in New York City says the suspect is a mentally ill stalker who should be locked away, according to a report.

Steven Hutcherson, 36, is accused of stabbing 14- and 16-year-old girls reportedly visiting from South America while they were inside the Tartinery restaurant. He reportedly yelled a racial comment after the attack.

Hutcherson has at least 17 prior arrests and had just been released from jail two weeks prior to the horrific Christmas attack.

Now, his ex-girlfriend tells the New York Post that he's a stalker who belongs locked away in jail or a mental institution, where he can be treated and monitored for severe mental illness.

Charisma Knight alleged her ex-boyfriend threatened to kill her "at least five times" and that his mental health took a downward spiral after he stopped taking his medicine.

“I called the police all the time and said ‘he’s bipolar and schizophrenic, ‘he needs help, he needs help.’ These people actually do need help. If you’re just letting them go… he might just kill somebody,” Knight told the Post.

She said he needs to be in a supervised environment and that he followed conspiracy theories, “swore the government was after him” and thought the FBI was putting “something” in his coffee. She said he also believed police were responsible for the mold growing in his bathroom.

“He should have been in a mental institution where he cannot come out, and they can monitor him taking his medication,” she said, per the outlet.

The pair dated off and on in 2021 and 2022 and had known each other since elementary school, according to Knight. She cut off contact after reportedly seeking a protection from abuse order last year, but alleged he kept sending messages and showing up at her apartment, most recently on Dec. 1.

She thinks the alleged Christmas attack may have possibly been triggered by unresolved feelings surrounding his estranged mother's death decades ago, and said he "gets depressed around the holidays."

"Around October, he starts thinking about his mom and thinking about how he has no one. Around Thanksgiving and Christmas he’s weird — extremely weird,” she said, per the Post.

Knight believes that if authorities had listened to her concerns, the alleged attack could have been prevented.

“If he would have got the right help that he needed, and either stayed in jail and got psychiatric help, or in a mental institution and getting help, this would never have happened,” Knight told the Post. “The girls would never have been stabbed.”

Hutcherson is held on charges of attempted murder, assault, criminal possession of a weapon and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child. He is also facing a hate crime charge for anti-white slurs.