Decorah man charged in Mill Street stabbing

By Seth Boyes,

Thursday, August 8, 2024 10:13 am

Alfredo Morales Hernandez

A Decorah man was arrested following an alleged stabbing the evening of July 31. 

The Decorah Police Department was dispatched at 7:26 p.m. that day to a home in the 600 block of South Mill Street, following a report of a man who had been stabbed. The victim was taken to WinnMed by ambulance, according to a statement released by the police department, and court filings say the victim sustained broken ribs and a lacerated liver. Police charged 37-year-old Alfredo Morales Hernandez with willful injury causing serious injury — a class C felony — and he was booked into the Winneshiek County Jail at 2:35 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 1. 

Morales Hernandez claimed the stabbing occurred after an argument with the victim, according to a criminal complaint, adding that the victim was holding a knife and threatened to kill him — the complaint went on to say a witness reported the two “talked poorly to each other on multiple occasions” and “would threaten to kill one another on multiple occasions, but it was always in a joking manner.” The two were not near one another prior to that night’s stabbing, according to the complaint, and the victim did not approach Morales Hernandez, but the 37-year-old “went after (the victim), grabbed the knife and stabbed (the victim) three to four times.” 

“After stabbing (the victim), the defendant left the room and went to his bedroom,” the complaint said. 

Officers secured the scene upon arrival and began investigating the incident. The incident remains under investigation as of Thursday morning. 

The Decorah Police Department was assisted by the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office and the Winneshiek County Attorney’s Office. 

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