SOUTH FAYETTE TOWNSHIP, Pa. —

A Western Pennsylvania father and former movie producer has been found guilty of trying to stab his wife to death in Allegheny County.

John Mowod has pleaded guilty to multiple charges including attempted homicide and aggravated assault in connection to the 2022 stabbing. Advertisement

According to court documents, Mowod’s son heard his mother screaming from a bedroom in November of 2022. When he forced his way inside, he saw his father positioned over his mother.

Police said John Mowod was holding a knife.

The son managed to get the knife from Mowod but Mowod’s wife had already been stabbed twice.

Mowod produced, wrote and acted in the 2009 film “Shannon’s Rainbow,” (also known as "Amazing Racer") which was made in the Pittsburgh area, and also has a

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