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Pregnant woman stabbed

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HARRISON — Authorities say a man formerly from Missouri was in custody Friday on suspicion of stabbing his girlfriend Thursday night in Bellefonte.
According to Boone County Sheriff’s Capt. Bob King, a caller reported that 35-year-old Ashley Crawford showed up at the caller’s residence with stabs wounds and substantial bleeding about 10 p.m. Thursday.
Authorities allege that 29-year-old Charles L. Boone, who is originally from Missouri but had been living with Crawford at a residence on Center Street in Bellefonte for some time, cut and stabbed Crawford.
King said Crawford suffered multiple cuts and stab wounds to the arms, back, shoulder and face, although none of the wounds damaged vital organs and weren’t life threatening.
“She’s very, very fortunate,” King said.
Boone County requested law enforcement agencies in the region be on the lookout for Boone. Springfield, Missouri, Police took him into custody without incident about 4 a.m. Friday.
King said Crawford is 27 weeks pregnant with Boone’s child. He said their relationship was suffering and Boone attacked Crawford without provocation as she was lying on the couch.
King said Boone was being held Friday in the Greene County (Missouri) Jail without bond awaiting extradition to Arkansas.
He will face two counts of attempted capital murder for the attack on Crawford and the potential injuries to the unborn child.



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