DMPD: Man choked and stabbed woman before lighting motel room on fire Share Updated: 8:29 AM CST Feb 25, 2021
DMPD: Man choked and stabbed woman before lighting motel room on fire Share Updated: 8:29 AM CST Feb 25, 2021
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Show Transcript TOWARD THE EAST. BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT, DES MOINES POLICE HAVE NOW ARRESTED A MAN FOR A STABBING AND FIRE ON THIS STARTED AT THE HAWKEYE MOTEL LAST NIGHT. HERE S WHAT HAPPENED. OFFICERS SAY JAMES CASON AND THE VICTIM WERE REPORTEDLY SMOKING METH. C SAMBINGS ON ALLEGEDLY STABBED AND CHOKED THE VICTIM BEFORE LIGHTING THE ROOM ON FIRE. THEN HE LEFT THE MOTEL. POLICE TELL US HE RETURNED LATER AND THEN THEY TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY. HE S NOW CHARGED WITH ARSON, DOMESTIC ABUSE AND WILLFUL INJURY. WE L