The suspect accused of stabbing a woman at her Colony Woods apartment Tuesday night has a history of domestic battery and was out of jail on bond at the time of the attack.

Lawrence police officers were called to the south Lawrence apartment complex around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, after the 35-year-old victim was found outside her apartment. Police said she had been stabbed multiple times.

A Douglas County sheriff’s deputy in the area arrested the suspect near 22nd Street and Naismith Drive. He had left the scene on foot. Officers recovered a pocket knife they believe was used in the attack.

The suspect a 36-year-old Lawrence man was arrested July 15, for allegedly choking the same victim. He was released from jail after posting $4,000 bond. The judge had ordered him to have no contact with the victim.