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VIROQUA — A 22-year-old Readstown man is accused of stabbing a woman in the neck multiple times in De Soto early Thursday because “he wanted to see what it felt like,” according to court testimony.

Vernon County Circuit Judge Michael Rosborough ordered Shayne Swadley held on a $100,000 cash bond. He returns to court June 1 for homicide or attempted homicide charges depending on whether the victim, Christine M. Mazilauskas, 45, of De Soto, survives the attack, District Attorney Tim Gaskell said.

Vernon County Sheriff John Spears said he can’t recall a case where the perpetrator had no motive and just wanted the experience of killing someone.

“He admitted to wanting to kill her but had no reason other than he wanted to know what it felt like,” he said.

Swadley said he took a knife from the kitchen, walked to the rear of a mobile home south of Blackhawk Park in De Soto and stabbed Mazilauskas in the back while she was asleep in a bedroom about 1 a.m., sheriff’s Lt. investigator Scott Bjerkos testified.

Mazilauskas called 911 and named Swadley as her attacker.