: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.
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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:
Sam was a good friend of mine and will be missed
ReplyDeleteSAM 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!!!
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