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Wife Charged in Stabbing

(Michigan City, IN) - A woman is accused of stabbing her husband at a Michigan City motel.

 

Heather Kist, 30, is charged with aggravated battery.

 

Just before 5 a.m. Thursday, La Porte County Police were called to Franciscan Health on a report of a man arriving there with a stab wound to his upper torso.

 

The investigation shows he was allegedly stabbed by his wife during an argument at the nearby Dunes Inn.

 

Police said Kist was located the next day at a hotel in Knox and taken into custody.  She could face anywhere from a three year to 16 year sentence on the Level 3 felony count.

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