Friday, January 25, 2008

Former Joplin man stabbed to death in Iowa

Samuel Ray Toliver, 32, a former Joplin resident, was stabbed to death Thursday at an Iowa construction site:

:According to a police statement, police were called at 8:37 p.m. to an apartment complex on 1st Ave. to a reported stabbing. There they found Samuel Ray Toliver, 32, who was taken to Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars. He died there later Thursday night.

According to court documents, 35-year-old Jody O'Keefe was charged today with attempted murder and second-degree murder for allegedly stabbing Toliver with a large kitchen knife.

Police have not said what led to the stabbing.

The two men lived across the hall from each other at 21 1/2 1st Ave. North in Le Mars.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sam was a good friend of mine and will be missed

Anonymous said...

SAM was a great man and i would give anything for him to be here with me and my family agian sam was a role model to me and i will never forget him LOVE YA CUZ!!!