Morrison County Stabbing Critically Injures 53-Year-Old as 23-Year-Old Is Taken Into Custody

Overview

• Officials identified the victim as 53-year-old Douglas Alan Denio of Motley, who suffered multiple stab wounds.
• Deputies responded to a 7:14 a.m. 911 call to a residence on Cherry Lane in Scandia Valley Township, about six miles south of Motley.
• Denio was first treated at Lakewood Health Systems Hospital in Staples before being transferred to St. Cloud Hospital with life-threatening injuries.
• A 23-year-old Motley man was arrested just after 9 a.m. Sunday and booked into the Morrison County Jail on suspicion of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon.
• Authorities have not released details on what led up to the stabbing, and the Morrison County Sheriff’s Office says the investigation remains active.