Howard County police arrested a Baltimore man Aug. 3 and charged him in the Aug. 1 stabbing of a  44-year-old woman and her 17-year-old daughter in North Laurel.

Officers charged Raymond Samuel Watson, 53, with attempted murder in the incident, according to police.

Officers responded at 10:15 p.m., Aug. 1 to a residence in the 9400 block of Loch Leven Court, in North Laurel to find a woman and a girl suffering from multiple stab wounds, police said.

Both were flown to The University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where they were treated and released, according to police. The woman and the girl are mother and daughter, police said.

Watson and the woman previously had been involved in a relationship, according to police.

An investigation revealed that the woman left her residence to find a man hiding in the bushes, police said. The man jumped out of the bushes with a knife and crowbar and assaulted the woman, police said.

The girl left the house attempting to help her mother, according to police. The man assaulted the girl then fled on foot, police said.

At 9 p.m. Aug. 3, officers received a tip on Watson’s location, police said.

At about 9:30 p.m., officers found Watson hiding under a bridge in the area of Stevens Forest Road and Woodside Court, in Columbia, according to police.

Watson was being held at the Howard County Detention Center as of Aug. 4, police said.

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