Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) Â Battle Creek Police say an 18-year-old male will not face charges in the March stabbing death of his motherâs boyfriend.
Calhoun County Prosecutor David Gilbert said the teen identified as Jose Serbantez acted in self defense when he stabbed 43-year-old Christopher Dykstra on March 17th.
Police found Dykstra dead around 12:30 that morning, laying in a driveway with a single stab wound in his chest in the 300 block of Main Street.
Prosecutor Won t File Charges for Battle Creek Stabbing Death
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Battle Creek stabbing ruled act of self-defense
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No charges will be brought against an 18-year-old man in the stabbing death of his mother s boyfriend.
Calhoun County Prosecutor David Gilbert has decided Jose Serbantez was acting in self defense when he stabbed Christopher Dykstra on March 17.
Dykstra, 43, died in the driveway of the home he shared with his girlfriend, Amber Correnti, Serbantez and his 12-year-old brother.
In a seven-page opinion dated Wednesday, Gilbert said he found Serbantez was in fear that Dykstra was going to assault him or his mother. Serbantez told police Dykstra was arguing with him, spitting on him, taunting him and then headbutting him and said Dykstra was going to beat him.