State Department Worder Goes on ‘Stabbing Rampage’ in Deadly Road Rage Attack

A quiet stretch of highway outside Washington, D.C., turned into a nightmare Saturday afternoon when a State Department employee allegedly snapped during a road rage confrontation — launching a violent stabbing spree that left one woman dead and three others seriously wounded.

Authorities say the suspect, 32-year-old Jared Llamado, went on a sudden rampage along Interstate 495 in Fairfax County, Virginia, on March 1. The chaos unfolded in broad daylight and stunned drivers who watched the horrifying scene unfold from their cars.

According to Virginia State Police, Llamado targeted a vehicle carrying four women between the ages of 36 and 40. During the violent encounter, he allegedly stabbed all four victims. One of them, 39-year-old Michele Adams, later died from her injuries. The other three women were hospitalized with serious wounds.

Witnesses say the attack began after erratic driving on the busy Beltway caught their attention.

Sarah Kober and her daughter, Jennifer Paxton, were traveling through Virginia on their way home to North Carolina when they noticed a red SUV aggressively weaving through traffic.

“It looked like he was locked in on another car,” Paxton told reporters. “He was weaving in and out like he was chasing them.”

Moments later, the situation exploded.

Kober said she and her daughter pulled over near the vehicles after the suspect stopped along the highway shoulder. What they saw next left them shaken.

“You know people go crazy, you hear about it,” Kober said. “But I’ve never seen somebody go crazy like that.”

The witnesses say Llamado jumped out of his SUV and attacked the women with a knife.

Another driver described the horrifying aftermath.

“I looked to the side of the road and saw two people lying there about 10 or 15 feet apart,” the witness told Fox 5 Washington. “They were just covered in blood. One wasn’t moving. The other was crawling.”

Virginia State Police responded to the scene at about 1:17 p.m. According to investigators, the suspect confronted a responding trooper moments after the stabbing attack. The trooper opened fire in what authorities described as self-defense.

Llamado was rushed to a nearby hospital but later died from his injuries.

The suspect worked as a Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. State Department, a role typically assigned to diplomats and international staff representing American interests overseas. Officials have not yet said what may have triggered the violent breakdown.

Investigators also revealed another disturbing detail: Llamado’s dog was found stabbed to death inside his vehicle.

Authorities are continuing to piece together the sequence of events that led to the deadly roadside rampage. Police say the investigation remains active as they review witness accounts, dash camera footage, and highway surveillance video.

For commuters who watched the violence unfold on one of the nation’s busiest highways, the images remain difficult to shake.

“You just don’t expect something like that in the middle of the afternoon,” one witness said. “It looked like something out of a horror movie.”