PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — More details are emerging in the case of a woman charged with attempted murder in a stabbing outside the Portland Art Museum.
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Katelynn Amanda Spacal, 33, was arraigned Wednesday on charges of attempted murder, three counts of assault, and one count of unlawful use of a weapon.
According to court documents, police responded on November 18, 2025, to a stabbing outside the museum.
According to a witness, he said the man called Spacal a sexual slur, and she threw a pie at him but missed.
The man then tried to place a bicycle between himself and Spacal but was stabbed anyway.
When officers arrived, the man still had a knife lodged in his chest and Spacal had fled the scene.
The stabbing victim was in a medically induced coma following surgery, but was later interviewed by police on Dec. 31.
The man told police he saw another man arguing with Spacal, and that he chuckled after seeing the man leave, and Spacal didn’t like that.
She called him a “SOB” and said, “I’ll f*****g kill you too m**********r.”
He said before being stabbed, Spacal sicced one of her pit bulls on him, and he was bitten on the hand.
He said he didn’t know Spacal personally, but that she is known as “Crazy Kate” on the streets.
On January 13, 2026, police recognized Spacal in the same area outside the art museum, and her and her dog’s appearances were consistent with street cameras that captured her the night of the attack.
She was arrested that same night.
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