The Muldrow man accused of stabbing his mother multiple times in the back was released from the hospital Dec. 17 and booked into the Sequoyah County Jail.

Jacob Catron, 26, allegedly stabbed him mother, Connie Catron, several times Dec. 13 after he allegedly told her he was going to help her die.

On Dec. 14, Jacob Catron was charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon and larceny of an automobile in Sequoyah County District Court, Sallisaw. Catron is being held in Sequoyah County Jail in lieu of a $50,000 bond, his arraignment is scheduled for Wednesday.

Sequoyah County Sheriff Ron Lockhart said Tuesday that Connie Catron remains at Sparks Regional Medical Center in Fort Smith, Ark. He said Sequoyah County Deputy Lance Yoakum checked on her condition Monday and reported she was, “doing better.”

Connie Catron was allegedly stabbed three times by her son before she was able to escape and run to a nearby neighbor’s house to call 911.

According to the report, investigator Eric Helms spoke with Connie Catron at the hospital. She told Helms that her son, Jacob Catron, came to her home at 10 p.m. Dec. 13 and told her he left something in her home. She said when Jacob Catron started to leave he hugged her and told her “he was going to help her die” then began stabbing her in the back.

Connie Catron told Helms that her son stabbed her twice but she was able to break free and try blocking Jacob from stabbing her more. She said that is how she received multiple cuts on her hands. According to the report, when Connie Catron tried to get out of the house, Jacob Catron stabbed her again in the back.

Connie Catron said while she was running away from her home she heard her car start up and saw it leaving her home Yoakum reported.

Lockhart said that during the investigation the sheriff’s office learned Jacob Carton drove to his dad’s home in Adair County where he got into an argument with his father and left his home.

After Jacob Catron left his father’s home he was involved in a car accident two miles south of Stilwell. According to the report, Jacob Catron was taken by ambulance to Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Ark., were he remained until Dec. 17.