Friends are raising funds for the family of a Utah woman who was stabbed to death and pushed from her car on Interstate 15 on Sunday.
Police have identified the victim as Shilo Marie Stewart, 34, of Fruit Heights. She was driving north on I-15 just south of the 200 West off-ramp in Farmington shortly before 10 p.m. on Sunday when she was killed.
According to police, the 18-year-old suspect told them that Stewart “looked at him funny” so he “stabbed the victim multiple times, unbuckled her seat belt, reached over and opened the door and then pushed the victim out the driver side door” while the car was traveling at highway speeds.
Police believe the victim did not know the suspect — who told police he “had been using either acid or LSD and smoking marijuana” — when she agreed to give him a ride.
“All Shilo was trying to do was help a stranger in need,” according to a GoFundMe page, “and that’s the type of person that she was.”
As of Wednesday morning, the page had raised about $1,600 of its $7,500 goal.
The suspect was booked into the Davis County jail for investigation of murder and aggravated assault. As of Wednesday morning, he had not been formally charged.
