Stabbing at hotel - Police looking for suspect - motive

Click here to view the release sent earlier today by the Branson Police Department.

Click the link above to view the press release verbatim. The following news agencies also reported the event at the times listed:

Arkansas Man Found Stabbed in Branson Motel
KATV Little Rock Fri, 20 Jul 2007 9:16 AM PDT
Branson, MO (AP) - Police are investigating the fatal stabbing of an Arkansas man in a Branson, Missouri motel room. Police were called to the Crescent Court Motel late Thursday night where they found a man with a stab wound in his left shoulder.

Arkansas man found fatally stabbed at Branson motel
WMCTV Memphis Fri, 20 Jul 2007 8:18 AM PDT
Associated Press - July 20, 2007 11:14 AM ET BRANSON, Mo. (AP) - Police in Branson are investigating the fatal stabbing of an Arkansas man in a motel room.

Branson police investigate fatal stabbing of Arkansas man
The Springfield News-Leader Fri, 20 Jul 2007 7:47 AM PDT
Branson police are investigating a fatal stabbing that occurred last night. Police said Dewayne Anthony Lynn, 48, of Harrison, Ark., was found stabbed after 10 p.m. outside the Crescent Court Motel, 309 Veteran's Blvd. Lynn was bleeding from a wound to the left shoulder, police said. Chief Caroll McCullough was there was only one wound. The man was taken to Skaggs Community Health Center in ...

BRANSON, Mo. (AP) _ Police in Branson are investigating the fatal stabbing of an Arkansas man in a motel room.
WIBW-TV Topeka Fri, 20 Jul 2007 8:22 AM PDT
Police were called to the Crescent Court Motel late last night where they found a man with a stab wound in his left shoulder. Authorities say 48-year-old Dewayne Lynn of Harrison, Arkansas, later died at a hospital.

Stabbing victim in Branson motel dies at hospital
KY3 Springfield Fri, 20 Jul 2007 8:28 AM PDT
Someone stabbed a man from Harrison, Ark., on Thursday night.

UPDATE: Outlets reporting late...


Branson Police Investigate Fatal Stabbing
The Morning News Sat, 21 Jul 2007 1:37 AM PDT
BRANSON, Mo. -- An Arkansas man was stabbed to death Thursday night at a Branson motel, police said.

Wild West show making a home in Branson
The Springfield News-Leader Sat, 21 Jul 2007 1:07 AM PDT
Branson -- More performing animals are apparently on their way to Branson in the cast of the Great American Wild West Show with an opening planned for July 2008 on Gretna Road across from the Branson Mill Craft Village, said manager Cary Parker.

Branson cops investigate rare killing
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:57 AM PDT
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) -- Police are investigating the fatal stabbing of an Arkansas man at a Branson motel. If the case is determined to be a homicide, it would be the first slaying this year in the resort town and only the third since 2000, police said Friday.

Branson police investigate fatal stabbing
Southeast Missourian Fri, 20 Jul 2007 1:57 PM PDT
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) -- An Arkansas man was stabbed to death Thursday night at a Branson motel, police said. If the case is determined to be a homicide, it would be the first killing this year in the...

Police Probe Fatal Stabbing At Branson Motel
KMBC-TV Kansas City Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:13 AM PDT
Police are investigating the fatal stabbing of an Arkansas man at a Branson motel late Thursday.

Branson police investigate fatal stabbing
WMCTV Memphis Fri, 20 Jul 2007 9:48 AM PDT
Associated Press - July 20, 2007 12:44 PM ET BRANSON, Mo. (AP) - Branson police are investigating a fatal stabbing at a local motel. If the case is determined to be a homicide, it would...

Branson police investigate fatal stabbing at motel
Southeast Missourian Fri, 20 Jul 2007 9:43 AM PDT
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) -- Police are investigating the fatal stabbing of an Arkansas man at a Branson motel late Thursday. If the case is determined to be a homicide, it would be the first slaying this...

Branson, Mo., police investigate fatal stabbing of Arkansas man
Baxter Bulletin Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:30 AM PDT
Branson. Mo.. police are investigating a fatal stabbing that occurred last night. Police said Dewayne Anthony Lynn, 48, of Harrison was found stabbed after 10 p.m. outside the Crescent Court Motel, 309 Veteran's Blvd.

Branson police investigate fatal stabbing
Pine Bluff Commercial Fri, 20 Jul 2007 9:49 AM PDT
BRANSON, Mo. - An Arkansas man was stabbed to death Thursday night at a Branson motel, police said. If the case is determined to be a homicide, it would be the first murder this year in the resort town and only the third since 2000, police said.

Harrison man, 48, slain in Branson motel
NWAnews.com Sat, 21 Jul 2007 5:54 AM PDT
hospital where he died while undergoing treatment, authorities said. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)