SIOUX CITY STABBING

A SIOUX CITY WOMAN IS BEING TREATED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL AFTER BEING STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES.

SIOUX CITY POLICE RESPONDED TO A STABBING INCIDENT THURSDAY MORNING AT 6166 HARBOR DRIVE.

OFFICERS FOUND THAT 30 YEAR OLD LYNDEA BOETGER HAD BEEN STABBED AT LEAST TWICE AND TOOK A SUBJECT INTO CUSTODY.

THE INVESTIGATION FOUND 26 YEAR OLD CARLOS THOMAS BARRERA OF SIOUX CITY HAD GOTTEN INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH BOETGER AT ANOTHER LOCATION.

HE STRUCK HER IN THE MOUTH AND STABBED HER TWICE. THE TWO RETURNED TO A HOTEL WHERE BOETGER CONVINCED BARRERA TO ALLOW HER TO CALL FOR MEDICAL HELP.

HOTEL STAFF BECAME AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND PROVIDED FIRST AID.

OFFFICERS SAY BOETGER IS BEING TREATED FOR NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

BARRERA HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH WILLFUL INJURY AND AGGRAVATED DOMESTIC ASSAULT AS THE TWO ARE IN A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP.