(La Porte County, IN) - An arrest has been made for the beating and stabbing of a man near Kingsford Heights.

 

Matthew Castaneda, 35, is being held in the La Porte County Jail on a charge of Aggravated Battery.

 

Authorities said he and the victim, James Henoch, lived together at a mobile home park in the 7700 block of South U.S. 35. Both men were home on Sunday when the suspect allegedly pushed the victim to the floor, punched him twice in the face, and stabbed him in the chest with a folding knife. Castaneda reportedly then struck him with a baseball bat.

 

Henoch was taken to a South Bend hospital where he was diagnosed with a punctured and collapsed lung as a result of the stabbing.

 

Casteneda told investigators he just snapped from many things not being fixed at the residence and attacked him while they were engaged in an argument.  He described the chains of events leading up to the attack as “an explosion of everything I have been going through living with him,” according to court documents.

 

Casteneda could face anywhere from a three to 16-year sentence on the Level 3 felony charge.