March 29, 2024

Stabbing suspect expected to cite mental problems

SIOUX CITY — A defense lawyer says a Sioux City man accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend plans to use an insanity or diminished-capacity defense.

Attorney Mike Williams last week filed notice with the court for his client Isack Abdinur. The 35-year-old Abdinur has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in the June stabbing of 43-year-old Cornelia Stead in her Sioux City apartment.

Police say the two were romantic partners.