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Jackson County Man Arrested for Attempted Murder in Stabbing Case

This is an ongoing investigation, and further charges are possible.

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Scott County - Indiana State Police (ISP) detectives are investigating an alleged attempted murder case after a female victim was brutally stabbed in the early morning hours Thursday. 

Around 2:30 Thursday morning, Austin Police and Scott County deputies contacted ISP after locating a man and a woman near the side of York Road, a rural county road just west of Austin, Indiana. Both individuals were taken to Louisville hospitals for apparent stab and knife wounds. Authorities also observed an unoccupied vehicle nearby. A call to 911 first alerted the police to the possibility of an incident.  

Following their initial investigation, ISP Detectives believe the male subject, 22-year-old Nicholas Braydan Atwood, of Vallonia, Indiana, repeatedly stabbed his female companion after the two went driving together in rural southern Indiana. After receiving medical treatment, Atwood was arrested by ISP detectives and is currently held at the Scott County Jail. The female victim remains hospitalized in critical condition.

This is an ongoing investigation, and further charges are possible.
Austin Police and the Scott County Sheriff’s Department assisted ISP detectives in this investigation.

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