Hillsborough County deputies rushed to a home on the 7000 block of East 19th Avenue on Wednesday and found a woman suffering from multiple stab wounds, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Authorities say 36-year-old Daniel Yerty strangled and stabbed the woman multiple times before fleeing the scene in her own vehicle.
The woman was taken to Tampa General Hospital, where she was treated for her injuries, according to Tampa Bay 28; IONTB reported that she was in stable condition. Deputies say Yerty and the victim had been in a verbal argument that turned physical before the attack, though further details about how the confrontation began were not released. The outlet reported that HCSO described Yerty strangling the woman and stabbing her repeatedly before driving off in her car.
While deputies were still working the scene, detectives spotted a man matching Yerty's description nearby, the station's report states. They confirmed his identity and took him into custody, according to the same account.
Charges Reported in the Case
Per Tampa Bay 28's reporting, HCSO charged Yerty with attempted murder in the first degree, domestic battery by strangulation, burglary of a dwelling with assault or battery, and grand theft of a motor vehicle. A separate IONTB article lists burglary of a dwelling with assault or battery among the offenses tied to the arrest, and that outlet reported the stab wounds were specifically to the woman's neck and hands.
Florida's domestic battery by strangulation statute, codified as section 784.041 of the Florida Senate's statutes, addresses felony battery cases involving strangulation. Separately, Florida's burglary statute lays out that burglary becomes a first-degree felony when an offender assaults or batters a person, or becomes armed, during the course of entering a dwelling, structure or vehicle, according to the Florida Senate's published statute language.
County's Ongoing Focus on Domestic Violence
The case adds to a string of violent domestic incidents Hillsborough County has grappled with in recent years. The Sheriff's Office created a unit dedicated specifically to domestic-violence cases, saying at the time that the county had recorded five domestic-violence homicides that year but none in the prior 60 days, and that it hoped the new unit would help prevent further deaths, according to WFLA. HCSO has also carried out targeted enforcement efforts, including a domestic-violence warrant operation that led to 16 arrests, per Tampa Bay 28's earlier reporting.
No additional details about the victim's identity, her relationship to Yerty, or the full sequence of events leading up to the confrontation have been released. Yerty's custody status and any scheduled court proceedings had not been made public as of Thursday.
