IDAHO FALLS — Kaylynn Blue was stabbed in her neck as she slept early Sunday morning and then, as she tried to run away, Philip Michael Schwab continued to stab her, according to newly released court documents obtained by EastIdahoNews.com. The documents provide a timeline of events leading up to and following the killing, based on detective interviews with Schwab. The 33-year-old is accused of killing 33-year-old Blue, his longtime girlfriend.
Schwab told detectives that days prior to the stabbing, he had placed a knife in a dresser drawer.
Detectives noted that on Saturday, Schwab was posting disturbing things on Facebook, most notably one post that read “If stabbing someone is wrong, I don’t want to be right” around 6:30 p.m. That post was one of hundreds posted over the weekend from Friday through Monday. Many of the posts talk about violent behavior.
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Police say about six hours later, around 12:30 a.m., the couple was lying in their bed. Blue was asleep.
“Philip said that Kaylynn often thrashes around in her sleep. On this night, she thrashed around and was accidentally hitting Philip in her sleep,” court documents say.
At that point, Schwab disclosed that he got out of bed, retrieved the knife and proceeded to stab Blue in the neck. She awoke and tried to fight him off. As he continued stabbing, she ran from the bedroom into the hallway and into the bathroom.
Schwab told detectives he continued the knife attack until he had killed her.
Afterward, he turned on a hose to soften the ground in the backyard, then dragged the body outside and buried her in a flowerbed, according to court documents.
Idaho Falls Police Chief Bryce Johnson said after he buried Blue, Schwab also stabbed two dogs to death and put them in a garbage bin in the garage.
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Police officers arrived to perform a welfare check at the home Monday morning. Blue had missed several shifts at work, and no one could get a hold of her. Her co-workers at Walgreens alerted family members, who requested the check.
When the officers arrived at the home on the 3000 block of Thayer Bridge Circle around 9 a.m., Schwab answered the door and let the officers inside, according to court documents.
“The officers noticed some blood (in the house) and thought there might be a more serious crime scene,” Johnson told EastIdahoNews.com. “They knew pretty quickly it was more than your standard check for welfare.”
Schwab told the officers he might have hurt Blue and then directed them to the backyard, where he said he had buried her.
At that point, officers placed Schwab in handcuffs and read him his Miranda rights. Court documents show Schwab admitted that he had stabbed and killed Blue.
Officers observed a recently dug shallow grave in the backyard. Blue’s face was still visible above the dirt and detectives noted lacerations on her face and neck.
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