TAIF, 24 January 2003 — Police in Taif are searching for an Asian maid who escaped after stabbing her 60-year-old mistress, the Okaz newspaper reported yesterday. Family members of the victim said they had noticed some change in the maid’s behavior lately. She was depressed and kept to herself most of the time. The elderly woman presented a bottle of perfume to the maid in a vain attempt to cheer her up. But instead of thanking her, the maid stabbed the woman in the chest and stomach. She then climbed to the top of the three-story building and jumped to the street. She landed on a parked car and escaped, the paper said.