A Port Ludlow teenager accused of fatally stabbing his mother’s husband will face trial for second-degree murder as an adult.

Jason L. Carpenter, 17, was arraigned Friday on the felony charge in Jefferson County Superior Court. The charge of second-degree murder filed in court includes sentencing enhancements for domestic violence and deadly weapon.

Carpenter entered a pleading of “not guilty” in court Dec. 2. He is being held without bail in the Kitsap County Juvenile Detention Facility.

Friday’s arraignment on the second-degree murder charge came roughly two weeks shy of Carpenter’s 18th birthday. He turns 18 on Dec. 17.

Sheriff’s deputies and Port Townsend police officers were called to the 100 block of Dunsmuir Road at 6:34 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28 after a woman called 911 and said her son had stabbed her husband.

The woman said her husband had been stabbed in the back and was on the front porch, and her son, who was possibly high or having a psychotic episode, had stabbed her husband several times.

Deputies found Robert E. Carpenter, 56, on the porch of the three-story home. Medics soon arrived and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Jason Carpenter was found on the golf course near the home. According to the statement of probable cause for his arrest, Port Townsend Police Officer Chase Stanton found him on the golf course and asked, “Are you the guy with the knife from earlier?”

“Yeah,” Carpenter replied, according to the report.

A large, black, fixed-blade knife was found in the left inside pocket of Carpenter’s jacket, according to court documents.

The probable cause report noted that his pants appeared to be covered in blood, and he had told a Port Townsend police sergeant that he had gotten rid of his smart watch because he thought he could be tracked.

Authorities believe Robert Carpenter was attacked on a stairwell on the home, then came around the house and started pounding on the front door, asking if help was on the way. His wife told authorities she went outside and found him covered in blood.

Jason Carpenter has had ongoing mental health issues and rage incidents, his mother told authorities, and also said he had been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and impulsive behavior.

His mother also told authorities that her son had attacked her husband in a bathroom in the home last July and had been placed on diversion, according to court documents.

Carpenter made his preliminary court appearance Nov. 29. Prosecutors asked that he be kept in restraints during the hearing, and after a review, Judge Keith Harper agreed.

Lillian Powers, Carpenter’s public defender, asked bail to be set at $75,000, but Harper accepted the recommendation from the prosecutor for no bail.

In a court filing, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Anna Phillips noted that while Carpenter was a juvenile at the time of the alleged offense, state law qualifies him for prosecution as an adult because he was 17 at the time of the alleged crime and is charged with a serious violent offense.

At the close of the hearing, Harper set future court appearances for the defendant.

The trial has been set for Jan. 9 through Jan. 12.

Conviction of second-degree murder can result in a maximum sentence of life in prison and a $50,000 fine.