Bond set at $285k for El Paso daughter accused of stabbing mom, leading cops on Christmas Eve chase
UPDATE, Dec. 29: A daughter accused of stabbing her mother on Christmas Eve and then leading police on a chase along Interstate 10 in an SUV she stole from mom has been ordered held in the El Paso County jail on $285,000 bond.
Judge Jon Joseph set the bond amount for 35-year-old Crystal Lynn Guillen on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, property theft and evading arrest.
Authorities have not reveled a motive for the stabbing attack, but said Guillen's 60-year-old mother remained hospitalized Wednesday in stable condition and was expected to recover.
ORIGINAL REPORT, Dec. 24: EL PASO, Texas -- A police chase of a daughter accused of stabbing her mother on Christmas Eve ended in an SUV crash along Interstate 10 in west El Paso.
That crash happened just before 7 p.m. Friday at I-10 and Sunland Park. An ABC-7 crew at the scene observed officers take the 35-year-old daughter into custody on a charge of aggravated assault.
A police spokesman said the stabbing took place about an hour earlier, at 6 p.m., at a home in the 9500 block of Album Avenue on the city's eastside.
The 50-year-old mother was rushed by ambulance to University Medical Center for treatment of her stab wounds; police said she was expected to survive.
Authorities didn't offer a motive for the stabbing attack or indicate what led up to it. The names of both the mother and daughter weren't released.
