CASS COUNTY (WKZO-AM) — An autopsy will be performed today in Kalamazoo on the body of a man who was stabbed to death on the night shift at a plant in Cass County wednesday.
Deputies say that Jan Carlos Velasques Mendez suffered a fatal neck wound when a fight broke out between him and another employee at Ameri-Kart in Mason Township during a break at 5:30 am.
The 24-year-old victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect was detained by other employees who witnessed the fight, and held him until deputies took him into custody.
The 23-year-old suspect from Elkhart is being held at the Cass County Jail pending arraignment. Investigators have the knife.
Ameri-Kart does plastic molding for the RV and boat manufacturing industries.
