Deputies say Pratapsinh K. Thakor attacked his sleeping wife, who escaped, called 911 and was hospitalized with a punctured lung.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 75-year-old Miami-Dade man remained jailed without bond after deputies accused him of stabbing his wife while she slept, punching her after she took the knife away and holding her by the hair outside their home as first responders arrived. Pratapsinh K. Thakor faces attempted felony murder causing injury and domestic battery causing harm.

The Sept. 1 arrest grew out of a domestic violence call placed at about 1 a.m., according to an arrest report described by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office and multiple local news organizations. The report says the attack began in the bedroom the couple shared and continued after the woman woke and resisted. She was able to separate from Thakor long enough to contact authorities. Deputies arriving at the residence then encountered both of them outside. The case moved quickly into bond court, where a judge found probable cause and ordered Thakor held without bond on the most serious charge.

The no-bond decision marked the first major court action made public after the arrest. WSVN reported that a judge found probable cause, while later reporting from Law&Crime and an El Nuevo Herald report syndicated by AOL said Thakor was ordered to remain at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center without bond. Publicly available reports reviewed for this article did not identify a later ruling that changed that detention status. They also did not provide a confirmed trial date or identify a defense attorney who had made a public statement on Thakor’s behalf.

Deputies said the confrontation began after Thakor entered the bedroom while his wife was asleep. The arrest report described the attack as unprovoked and said he stabbed her in the back. The woman woke during the assault and pleaded with him to stop, according to the report. She then fought back and managed to take the knife from him. That act did not end the alleged violence, deputies said. Investigators wrote that Thakor continued by striking her with a closed fist before she was able to get away and seek help.

The woman’s 911 call became the point at which the alleged attack shifted from the private interior of the home to a scene witnessed by responding deputies. Authorities said that when they arrived, they found the woman outside on the ground and Thakor holding her by the hair. Officers took him into custody at the scene. The arrest report, as summarized by several outlets, does not describe a prolonged standoff or pursuit. It instead presents the responding deputies as arriving while the confrontation was still underway, an observation that is likely to be significant as prosecutors build the case from witness accounts, medical findings and physical evidence.

Emergency personnel took the woman to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital for treatment. The injuries described in the arrest report included two lacerations on the left side of her back, a punctured lung, a cut to her left arm and a bloody mouth. Those details help explain the severity reflected in the attempted felony murder charge, but the publicly available reports reviewed for this article do not provide a later medical update or say how long she remained hospitalized. Authorities have not publicly identified her in the reports reviewed, and her name is being withheld here because she is the alleged victim of domestic violence.

Investigators also reported recovering what the affidavit called a “lethal cutting instrument” from the scene. The public reporting does not provide a detailed forensic description of the item, state whether fingerprints or DNA testing was completed, or disclose laboratory results. Those gaps matter because an arrest affidavit is an early-stage account used to establish probable cause, not a final finding of guilt. It can summarize observations and allegations that may later be tested through motions, discovery, witness testimony and other court proceedings.

After his arrest, Thakor was taken to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Intracoastal District Station before being booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to Law&Crime. Investigators said he made an unsolicited statement denying involvement in the stabbing. The available reports do not describe a longer recorded interview or explain whether he offered an alternative account of how his wife was injured. His denial stands in direct tension with the arrest report’s description of what the woman told authorities and what deputies said they observed when they reached the home.

The charges reported by local outlets are one count of attempted felony murder causing injury and one count of domestic battery causing harm. Those are accusations, and Thakor has not been convicted in connection with the Sept. 1 incident. The public reports reviewed do not reproduce a charging information or indictment showing whether prosecutors later amended the counts. They also do not identify any plea. For that reason, the case is best described at this stage through the arrest report, jail status and initial bond proceedings rather than as a settled account of criminal responsibility.

One detail differs slightly across reports: the publicly released arrest report cited by Local10 had the home address redacted, while Law&Crime placed the call in the 1400 block of Northeast Miami Gardens Drive and an El Nuevo Herald report said property records linked Thakor and relatives to a condominium in that block. The discrepancy does not alter the core allegations, which all the reviewed outlets place in North Miami-Dade at the home shared by Thakor and his wife. It does show why location details drawn from public records should be separated from what law enforcement itself released.

Another major unanswered question is motive. Law&Crime and Local10 reported that investigators had not publicly identified a reason for the alleged attack. The arrest report’s description that Thakor entered the bedroom without provocation addresses the immediate sequence described by investigators, but it does not explain why authorities believe the violence began. The reviewed reports also do not describe a prior argument that night, a documented threat, or another event that would establish motive. In a pending criminal case, that absence should not be filled with speculation about the couple’s relationship or Thakor’s state of mind.

The public record described by news organizations therefore remains focused on a short sequence: an alleged attack on a sleeping spouse, resistance that removed the knife, continued punching, an escape and 911 call, deputies arriving while the pair were outside, hospitalization for serious injuries and an arrest followed by a denial. Those facts are consequential, but they are still allegations to be tested in court. No reliable, publicly indexed report located in a search through Oct. 19 identified a later disposition of the case or a new court ruling that displaced the initial no-bond order.

Thakor’s case remained pending based on the most recent reliable public reporting reviewed. The next confirmed court milestone was not available in those sources. Any later charging decision, plea, bond ruling or trial setting would need to be established through updated court records or a new official release before being reported as fact. The same caution applies to the woman’s recovery, which was not updated in the reliable public reporting reviewed for this article.

Author note: Last updated October 19, 2026.