DEMING, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – A woman is in custody after attempting to kill her boyfriend in Deming.

Whatcom County Undersheriff Steve Harris says that deputies were called to the victim’s home on the morning of Tuesday, July 2.

The man claimed that the suspect, 51-year-old Victoria Garcia, had stabbed her boyfriend in the chest with a butcher knife. He was taken to Peacehealth St. Joseph Medical Center, where he was last reported to be in stable condition.

Garcia had left before deputies arrived, but detectives were later able to get a search warrant for her cell phone. She was located in the Marietta neighborhood on the night of July 2 and was taken into custody.

Garcia faces a second-degree domestic violence murder charge and remains at the Whatcom County Jail without bail.