April 21, 2025
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Fatal stabbing in Greenfield results in murder charge

By STAFF REPORT
Greenfield police officers received a call at approximately 12:45 a.m. Saturday for a stabbing at this home in the 200 block of Northeast Fourth Street. When officers arrived, they located a deceased Hispanic male inside the residence and a second victim who sustained non-life threatening injuries.

Greenfield police officers received a call at approximately 12:45 a.m. Saturday for a stabbing at this home in the 200 block of Northeast Fourth Street. When officers arrived, they located a deceased Hispanic male inside the residence and a second victim who sustained non-life threatening injuries. (ACFP photo by CALEB NELSON)

GREENFIELD — One dead, one injured and one in custody after a stabbing that took place early Saturday morning in Greenfield.

According to a press release from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Greenfield police officers received a call at approximately 12:45 a.m. Saturday for a stabbing in the 200 block of Northeast Fourth Street.

When officers arrived, they located a deceased Hispanic male inside the residence. Yudiel Vega-Blanco, 39, was taken into custody on the charges of murder in the first degree and willful injury causing bodily injury, Class A and Class D felonies, respectively.

A second victim in the residence suffered non-life threatening injuries. Victim names are not being released until family has been notified.

The Greenfield Police Department is is being assisted by the Adair County Sheriff’s Office, The Adair County Attorney’s Office and DCI.

Law enforcement believes this to be an isolated incident with no active threat to the community.

This is an ongoing story.

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