FORT MADISON – A criminal complaint filed with the Lee County Attorney’s office provided a few more details into the stabbing that took place Sunday in Fort Madison.
According to rthe elease from Fort Madison Police Chief Cody Potthast on Sunday, Tamra Taylor, 64, of Fort Madison has been arrested and charged with attempted murder.
According to the court affidavit filed with North Lee County Clerk of Court, the victim was a male who had been in the house arguing with Taylor prior to the incident. He was standing in front of a residence in the 3000 block of Avenue N when police and first responders arrived. He was taken to Fort Madison Community Hospital with multiple lacerations to his arms and abdominal area, and then transported to an area hospital for treatment due to the extent of the injuries and significant blood loss.
The complaint also alleges that a silver knife was found on the front porch next to where Taylor was standing when police arrived at the home at about 2:18 p.m.
Significant amounts of blood were discovered inside the property including the living room, the kitchen, through a hallway, and into a back room of the house after a search warrant was executed on the property.
Taylor declined to be interviewed by police on the scene and was transported to the Lee County Jail where she was held on a $150,000 bond.
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