How Did Police Identify Marion Stabbing Suspect Five Months After Incident?

When I with Cedar Rapids Police Sgt. Cristy Hamblin, she wasn't able to answer the biggest question I had about Marion resident Jason Morris.

More was charged with attempted murder, stemming from an incident in September. I wanted to know how did police find him five months after the original incident?

According to a story from the Cedar Rapids Gazette, police were able to track him down from witness testimonies that identified Morris. They later connected his DNA to samples found at the crime scene.

Morris now stands trial accused of attempted murder, willful injury causing serious injury and assault/display of a deadly weapon.

The incident originally took place on Sep. 22. Cedar Rapids resident Stephen Allen was found stabbed multiple times in the after an argument an apartment complex in Cedar Rapids.

Allen was immediately rushed to the hospital, and according to a previous interview with Hamblin, he has since made a recovery and returned to work.

However, one question remains: the motive. Hamblin previously said she was not aware of what led to the argument or the violent stabbing, but in the recent Cedar Rapids Gazette story, reporter Jeff Raasch wrote that the Cedar Rapids Police Department has yet to talk publicly about the motive.

Marion Patch will have more on this case as it progresses.