An Oregon man who assaulted the mother of his children and threatened to “finish her” and their children has pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing.
According to a press release from the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office, Manuel Jesus Huchin-Interian, whose age was not provided, pleaded guilty on April 18 to second-degree assault constituting domestic violence.
The attack occurred in 2021 in front of the couple’s then-10-year-old daughter, who attempted to defend herself and her mother before barricading herself in another room with her siblings. Huchin-Interian fled the state and was apprehended in San Francisco in March 2024.
Despite Huchin-Interian’s threats to “finish her” and then “finish the kids,” the woman survived an 8-inch knife wound in the neck.
According to the DA, the attack took place on June 7, 2021, at the family’s home in Gresham, a city in the eastern part of the Portland metro area. Several neighbors called 911, including the couple’s daughter, “who reported that her parents were arguing and Dad stabbed Mom.” The girl told police she attempted to stab her father in self-defense, but the knife was too dull. She then gathered her younger siblings into a separate room and locked the door.
The girl stayed on the phone with 911 dispatchers until Huchin-Interian left. She then exited the room to assist her mother, who was discovered by police “lifeless” in a pool of her own blood. Despite the life-threatening wound — described as an 8-inch knife wound to her neck — the woman survived.
When the woman was questioned by police following the attack, she stated that Huchin-Interian accused her of cheating while cutting her throat. During the attack, he told her that he would “finish her” first, then “finish the kids.”
Multnomah County Senior Deputy District Attorney Robin Beck Skarstad emphasized the daughter’s heroic actions in the release, saying, “This case highlights the devastating impact domestic violence has on children at home. The victim’s young daughter demonstrated bravery and resilience, which truly inspires us to work hard every day to break the cycle of abuse and protect families.”
Huchin-Interian is expected to be sentenced to 70 months in prison and three years of post-prison supervision.
