JEFFERSON COUNTY, Missouri — Police are looking for help finding a woman they said stabbed a taxi driver more than a dozen times in Jefferson County Tuesday night.
The driver -- identified as Inam "Sunny" Allah by friends -- picked up a woman around 9 p.m. near Highway 21 and Mercy Hospital South, police said.
She asked for a ride to Windermere Drive in Imperial. Police say she stabbed the Allah when they pulled up near the intersection of Windermere and Ferris Court.
"He was in great agony and pain," Allah's friend, Saqid Khan, said after visiting Allah in the hospital. "His eyes were burning. He was in extreme discomfort."
The taxi driver got out, and the woman took off in his car. The taxi driver ran to a nearby home for help.
A resident told 5 On Your Side his garage door was open when he spotted the man, who was bleeding.
“It was scary,” said the homeowner, who did not want to give his name. “I just couldn’t believe it. I called 911. I’m so glad he survived.”
Grant Bissel with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said the photos show the woman they believe stabbed the taxi driver. He said the surveillance photos show her inside the Dierberg's store near Mercy South shortly before she hailed the cab.
Anyone with information is asked to call the detective bureau of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office at 636-797-5515.
Ernest Greenlee knows how dangerous it can be to drive for a living.
Several months ago, Greenlee said he was beaten up, robbed and carjacked in downtown St. Louis.
“Yes, it’s a dangerous job," Greenlee said. "We just have to be careful at all times and trust God. No, I’m not nervous about doing the job. I’ve since recovered."
Now, Greenlee is hoping for the recovery of one of his coworkers, who was stabbed more than a dozen times and carjacked by a passenger in Jefferson County Tuesday night, according to a Jefferson County Sheriff's Office spokesperson.
"I’m just glad he’s alive," Greenlee said. "I know God will pull him through.”
Jefferson County dispatch received the initial call around 10:40 p.m.
The taxi driver, 48, was taken to Mercy Hospital South and is expected to survive his injuries.
Jefferson County deputies found the taxi cab in south St. Louis County, but they have not yet found the woman.
"Sunny is such a soft soul, such a nice guy," Khan said. "He was telling me one time that 'this is like a community service for me. I'm trying to help the community, you know.' If somebody needs to go somewhere, he would just get up and go and get it done, you know."
