Sept. 25, 2026

Nearly Naked Intruder Stabs Pittsburgh Pediatric Doctor To Death, Critically Injuring Wife

Nearly Naked Intruder Stabs Pittsburgh Pediatric Doctor To Death, Critically Injuring Wife
Nearly Naked Intruder Stabs Pittsburgh Pediatric Doctor To Death, Critically Injuring Wife
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Nearly Naked Intruder Stabs Pittsburgh Pediatric Doctor To Death, Critically Injuring Wife

Police say a 32-year-old man is in custody after brutally attacking a couple while they were sleeping, stabbing Dr. Idris Evans to death and critically injuring his wife. In the middle of the attack, Gina Evans was able to yell to their 8 and 12 year old kids to run to a neighbor’s house, saving them from being harmed. Investigators are trying to determine a motive for the murder, Evan’s wife telling police she heard her husband call out their attacker’s name, Elijah. Gina described Elijah Hemingway as psychotic, referring to himself as “God," while stabbing them in only his underwear.

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00:00:02
Speaker 1: Hey there, folks. It is Friday, September 25th, and police in Pennsylvania are trying to piece together why a man only in his underwear attacked a sleeping couple in the middle of the night with their kids in the house. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ Robes. The dad, the husband did not survive. The mom is a freaking hero and is still in critical condition. as of this recording.

00:00:31
Speaker 2: Yes, because as the unthinkable is happening. She is managed, she manages to shout out to her two kids to leave the house and to run to the neighbors. They did, and we would only assume that is why they survived, because everybody was sleeping.

00:00:48
Speaker 3: This was in the middle of the night.

00:00:49
Speaker 1: 12.30 at night, somebody comes to the house. Can you imagine the horror? You're dead of sleep, Robes, and somebody starts stabbing you is how you wake up?

00:00:57
Speaker 2: No, that's like a nightmare. It's a horror movie, and it's nothing you would ever imagine. think could happen to you, especially in this, this is a small town in Pennsylvania outside of Pittsburgh, correct?

00:01:10
Speaker 1: But they say this is an affluent community, a nice neighborhood. I mean, fine, these things can happen anywhere, but this does not make sense at all. And they're trying to figure out if the attacker knew at least the man he was attacking. So we'll tell you where this is. Edgewood is the name of it, as you were just mentioning that, but the victims are Idris Evans Dr. Idris Evans, actually a pediatric doctor at the University of Pittsburgh, 46 years old. His wife, Gina, also in the house, enrolled their kids, 8 years old and 12 years old. We have covered so many stories, baby, where kids are in the house. Hell, even the American Idol trial, the kids were in the house.

00:01:49
Speaker 2: But this one, I mean, this is so scary when you start to hear the details of this crime. And who was responsible and the state of mind he was in at the time. You have to think if that mom had not been able to shout out to her kids, it is awful to think about what would have happened.

00:02:06
Speaker 3: They were sleeping. They were in their beds. And this is just awful.

00:02:13
Speaker 2: As bad as it is that this doctor who literally has dedicated his life to saving children has died because of this attack.

00:02:20
Speaker 3: And we don't know.

00:02:21
Speaker 2: The mom right now is fighting for her life. Thank God those two kids are safe, but emotionally, they'll never be safe.

00:02:29
Speaker 1: Eight and ten years old, Robes, they had to run out of the house where their parents were essentially being killed. They had to run out of the house. We do say, what Yuki just said, she is in critical condition. I guess we don't exactly know what that will mean. We know she's in tough shape, but I guess it was heartening at least to hear, Robes, she was able to escape. At least she was able to move, so I don't know what that tells us about the severity of her wounds. Doesn't mean everything's okay, but she was able to get out. But this happened, 1230 Robes. Police now say this man got in through a window of the house, and what she describes in that room sounds like a horrific and violent scene.

00:03:11
Speaker 2: Yes, he was in his underwear. And she said she heard her husband refer to him as Elijah. So that's why police are now trying to piece together how this man, Elijah, might have known her husband.

00:03:29
Speaker 3: But, you know, they talk about stabbing. Stabbings are personal.

00:03:32
Speaker 2: Stabbings are a different kind of crime. And this seemed viciously And no one knows why. I mean, it wasn't as if this guy broke into to do a robbery or a home invasion. And to have a random act of violence and a targeted random act of violence just is beyond puzzling.

00:03:53
Speaker 3: To stabbing him and to stabbing her.

00:03:56
Speaker 1: He's in his underwear.

00:03:58
Speaker 3: He's in his underwear. He's talking about, like, being a prophet.

00:04:02
Speaker 1: Gross. He's in his underwear. Now, she actually used this word in the police complaint, told police he was psychotic. She used that word. He seemed psychotic. It was referencing God and even talking about him being God during the attack. And yes, like you said, the husband says the name Elijah. What is happening in this bedroom? He went in through a window. They said it was a kitchen knife. They didn't say for sure if he got it. Did you see him? Help me if I'm wrong. I don't know if they know where he got the knife.

00:04:32
Speaker 3: I don't know where he got the knife.

00:04:34
Speaker 1: They only described it as a kitchen knife. He's in his drawers and nothing else.

00:04:48
Speaker 2: Look, could it be a person who is mentally unstable, who just found a crime of opportunity, found an open window?

00:04:58
Speaker 3: That seems highly unlikely. I mean, it could happen. It's possible.

00:05:02
Speaker 2: But from a statistical standpoint, when you look at these types of crimes, this would be beyond bizarre. And I guess you just keep going back to the fact that supposedly the husband knew his name. So this just, I'm sure we'll get some sort of explanation. There needs to be some sort of explanation because otherwise this makes no sense.

00:05:24
Speaker 1: He had to know him. I mean, he's saying his name during the attack.

00:05:27
Speaker 3: He had to know him.

00:05:28
Speaker 2: So why does a man come in saying he's God in his underwear in the middle of the night, finds an open window, and is able to do what he did? And police describe the scene, the aftermath.

00:05:40
Speaker 3: As just horrific. They say furniture, broken, mirrors, broken.

00:05:45
Speaker 2: I mean, this was a violent attack.

00:05:49
Speaker 1: And they did find this guy not too long afterwards. Police did come to the, of course, in canvassing the neighborhood. They found this guy hiding behind a home in the neighborhood where he had lacerations, they said, on his hand, suggesting, yes, he had been involved in a fight or using a knife. But they identified him, yes, Elijah. Elijah Hemingway, 32 years old. And that's all we got right now. They have some stuff about his criminal background, robes. He had a court date coming up having to do with theft. He stole a laptop and a phone from a former girlfriend. But that case didn't seem to involve violence.

00:06:25
Speaker 3: This is bizarre.

00:06:26
Speaker 2: And she was saying, and the fact that she was able to speak to police also is hopeful that maybe she'll be able to pull through this. But she talked about how she and her husband were actually fighting back, using objects in their bedroom to try and fight against him. And that's why perhaps police walked into this absolute destroyed scene in their bedroom because they were desperately, truly fighting for their lives. But she also said at one point he demanded her car keys. and that she gave them to him. So it's just a weird thing. You come in to murder a couple, and then you ask for.

00:07:02
Speaker 3: Their car keys?

00:07:03
Speaker 1: But didn't I see that there's no evidence he actually ever used the car? Right? What was happening?

00:07:09
Speaker 2: Because then he ran. Yes, this is so... And by the way, their bedroom was on the third floor. So he had to go find them. He had to go seek them out. If he wanted to get in and get out, try to find some car keys, try to steal something, try to whatever.

00:07:25
Speaker 3: He was looking for.

00:07:27
Speaker 2: If their bedroom's up on the third floor, he likely could have done what he needed to do and get out of there.

00:07:32
Speaker 3: So his intention.

00:07:33
Speaker 2: Was to go to their bedroom and to kill him.

00:07:38
Speaker 1: No robbery suggestion. Obviously, you're not going to show up in your underwear to try to start hauling stuff out of there. What will we find out? Did he have a mental break? Does he have a mental breakdown? health history that we're going to find out about, but Robes, what she's describing, calling himself God in there during this attack, it doesn't make any sense. We do, Robes. We need to note and we see stories like this sometimes. We call not taking anything away from our parents. They do things in moments like this for their kids and we're all like, wow, they're heroes. And then we stop for a second and think, oh, Their parents wrote she did something that we were sitting it. We'd never want to be in that position. Oh, God, no. But I think a bunch of moms are listening and go, yeah, that's exactly right. Her first thought as she is watching her husband being stabbed to death. While she is barely yelling, imagine being attacked, yelling in the other room, kids get out of here. Run to the neighbor. She has the, man, moms.

00:08:43
Speaker 3: Are fucking awesome. Moms are awesome. I get that.

00:08:46
Speaker 2: And that is exactly where your brain goes when there is danger of any kind.

00:08:51
Speaker 3: You think about your kids. That is the first thing.

00:08:55
Speaker 2: That happens when any sort of traumatic situation, think about any just trauma in your life.

00:09:00
Speaker 3: How's Sabine doing? Where's Sabine? That's where your brain goes immediately.

00:09:04
Speaker 1: Isn't that funny? I know you were standing right next to me. Sabine called on a field trip once, and she was upset. She was crying. I didn't want to hear anything else. Are you physically hurt? Are you okay? Are you in a safe place? Once we get past that, we'll work everything else out. You're right. I do, Robeson. So much, when these happen, And they are extraordinary people. And what she did was extraordinary. And parents are extraordinary. They just are. I think so many moms would do the exact same thing. And she's the one that survived. What was happening in that room? The guy was there maybe just to kill the guy. But she was attacked and she's in critical condition. Just extraordinary examples of parenting.

00:09:42
Speaker 2: It's that beautiful maternal instinct.

00:09:45
Speaker 1: I love these things, man.

00:09:46
Speaker 2: I would think that if he were capable... of doing the same he would have. I mean, I think that's not just a mom thing, I think it's a dad thing too. And look, this is a dad who spent his life saving children's lives. That is just so unbelievably tragic and difficult. And yes, people are going to want answers. They are going to demand answers as to why and how this happened.

00:10:11
Speaker 1: We will, as we wait for those answers, stay here because we'll tell you police did say they talked to the suspect and he told a much different, and in their words, BS story.

00:10:34
Speaker 2: Welcome back everyone to Amy and TJ. We are talking about this brutal home invasion that left a Pediatric doctor dead in his own bed, stabbed to death by what seems like a madman who came into their home through a window.

00:10:53
Speaker 3: This couple, Dr.

00:10:54
Speaker 2: Idris Evans and his wife, Gina, wake up to being stabbed. by a man who thankfully police have caught. His name is Elijah Hemingway. But the kids thankfully were able to get out of the house because mom yelled, run, get out of here.

00:11:12
Speaker 3: They were saved. She's in critical condition right now.

00:11:15
Speaker 2: And yes, as we mentioned, Elijah Hemingway, 23 years old, is in police custody and he has been talking.

00:11:23
Speaker 1: He had a story to tell. They were so quick to dismiss this. Makes no sense. So he was invited.

00:11:30
Speaker 3: That's what he claims.

00:11:32
Speaker 2: He was invited to their home hours before. And he said that they let him inside. He said he arrived on his bike.

00:11:40
Speaker 1: Have you seen anywhere that they found that bike or they have that bike in there?

00:11:43
Speaker 2: There was no bike found at the property, period. So that already was completely not true. Then he goes on to say that Dr. Evans attacked him.

00:11:54
Speaker 3: With a Michael Myers-style knife?

00:11:56
Speaker 1: That was the phrase they said he used. Michael Myers-type knife, so a big old kitchen knife. Knife, I guess.

00:12:02
Speaker 2: So, yeah, he said, so he, yeah, got invited, then got attacked. Then a physical altercation ensued in the third floor bedroom. And then he said during the struggle that he was stabbed in the back. Here's the problem, though. There were no visible injuries to Hemingway. Didn't actually have a stab wound in his back. The only injuries they found on him were injuries to his hands from stabbing someone else. You know, when you have a knife and you're stabbing someone. oftentimes it slips and you cut your own hand. Those were his only injuries, according to police. So he's completely made up this ridiculous story.

00:12:40
Speaker 1: They say there's nothing about it. There's not a single thing they can find that backs up anything he said. Why tell that story? He just looked like he just came up with that off the top of his head, as somebody asked him.

00:12:50
Speaker 2: He got invited to their home and he decided to show up in underwear after midnight.

00:12:55
Speaker 3: That makes no sense. Just let's start there.

00:12:57
Speaker 1: Are his clothes in the home? Did he show up there clothed and took his clothes off? Was he trying to? No, she said he was in the underwear during the attack. Yes. I was like, did he take it all because of the blood? No, that wasn't it.

00:13:08
Speaker 2: I was thinking maybe he was trying not to get blood on his clothing. Maybe he had it in a backpack waiting for him later.

00:13:14
Speaker 3: Who knows?

00:13:14
Speaker 1: This does not make sense.

00:13:15
Speaker 3: But none of this makes sense.

00:13:17
Speaker 2: To have an attack this vicious, this personal, the motive is something that I think a lot of folks are going to want. We always search for the why. We don't always get it. But I guess the only, well, there are several things that are silver linings to the story. A, that those kids are okay. B, that his wife hopefully will pull through and C, that they've got him in custody.

00:13:40
Speaker 1: Hope that woman survives. We've seen so many stories of kids losing both of their parents.

00:13:44
Speaker 3: Those poor kids. Those poor, poor kids.

00:13:47
Speaker 1: So we are expecting to get some types of updates from the police there in Pennsylvania today. We will pass them along. But as always, we appreciate you spending a little time with us. I'm TJ. That's Robes. We'll talk soon.