Three women stabbed in Des Moines
Mon, 05/09/2011
A 28-year-old man was arrested by Des Moines police following the stabbing of a pregnant woman and two others Sunday night.
Des Moines police said the man and three women were in an SUV by an apartment complex in the 23000 block of 30th Avenue South about 11 p.m., Sunday night.
The man apparently was meeting with the women about paying back money that was owed.
Police said the man stabbed a woman in her 50s and her daughter, who is in her 20s, inside the vehicle.
According to police reports, the man chased all three women out of the vehicle and he stabbed them again many times.
The third woman, a friend of the two other women, is pregnant, police reported.
The three women were taken to a hospital but their conditions have not been released.
Police hunted down the suspect near the intersection of South 240th Street and Pacific Highway South. He was caught about 2:30 a.m., Monday morning. Police booked him into jail for investigation of assault.