Son allegedly stabs father with kitchen knife

A 39-year-old Flathead Valley man who allegedly stabbed his father in the neck with a kitchen knife on Thursday is facing an attempted deliberate homicide charge in Flathead County District Court. 

Anthony Louis Defazio remains behind bars in the county jail with bail set at $200,000 following his June 6 arrest. He is expected to appear before Judge Heidi Ulbricht on June 27 for his arraignment on the felony charge. 

The victim told authorities that he was finishing up breakfast at the kitchen table of his Farm to Market Road home on June 6 when Defazio sidled up next to him, according to court documents. The younger man allegedly shoved his father out of the chair. On the ground, the victim recalled feeling pressure on his neck, court documents said.