Inset: Isaiah William Langkiet (Sedgwick County Jail). Background: The Kansas home where Langkiet allegedly killed his grandmother (Google Maps).
A 24-year-old man in Kansas is accused of killing his 64-year-old grandmother, allegedly stabbing the woman multiple times in the neck with a kitchen knife because she made derogatory comments about the way he did his laundry.
Isaiah Langkiet is currently facing charges of first-degree attempted murder, domestic battery, and violation of a protection order in the slaying of Elvera Langkiet, court records show.
According to a probable cause affidavit, officers with the Wichita Police Department at about 9 p.m. on Aug. 30, responded to a call for assistance at a home in the 800 block of South Fern Road. Isaiah Langkiet had allegedly called 911 and told the emergency dispatcher he had just “stabbed his grandmother.”
Upon arriving, first responders made contact with Isaiah Langkiet on the back porch of the home and took him into custody. He told the officers that his grandmother was still inside the home.
In the home, police found Elvera Langkiet bleeding profusely from her upper torso and telling the officers that she had been stabbed in the neck.
While being transported to St. Francis Hospital for treatment, the victim told medics that “her grandson, Isaiah, had stabbed her,” adding that her grandson “has demons” and that “something was wrong with him.” The victim also told authorities that her grandson made several statements, including that he wanted “to go back to jail.
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At the hospital, doctors said the victim suffered two stab wounds to the neck and one to the throat, all of which were about four inches deep, initially describing them as being “near fatal.”
In an interview with police, Isaiah Langkiet admitted that earlier that morning he had “gotten into an argument” with his grandmother “about her criticizing how he does his laundry.”
“Isaiah said this caused him to be angry, and he slapped Elvera on the face with an open palm,” the affidavit says. “Isaiah admitted that while in the kitchen, he grabbed brown handled kitchen knife from the countertop, which he said had blade around 8 inches long, and stabbed Elvera in the neck area, and as she fell, he stabbed her again in the neck. After Elvera fell to the kitchen floor, Isaiah said he was “pissed off’ and walked away from the residence and did not provide aid to her.”
Asked again why he stabbed his grandmother, Isaiah Langkiet allegedly said he was “tired” of her “b—ing at him,” per the affidavit.
Two days after the incident, the victim’s daughter told police she had spoken with Elvera Langkiet about the stabbing. The daughter said the victim told her, “That motherf—er tried to kill me.”
Elvera had been expected to survive her injuries, but she refused further medical treatment and died on Sept. 3. A subsequent autopsy determined her cause of death to be “complications of stab wounds” and the manner of death was ruled a homicide.
A district court judge on Monday ordered the defendant to undergo a competency evaluation at Community Care of Sedgwick County. The facility is required to report back to the court within 60 days before proceedings continue.
Langkiet, who is not yet facing murder charges, is currently being held in the Sedgwick County Jail on $500,000 bond, records show.
