According to a press release from the Poteau Police Department, on March 11, 2021 at 9:40pm the Poteau Police and LeFlore County EMS were dispatched to the Green Country Inn located in the city limits of Poteau on a call of a stabbing. On arrival, Officers located a 30 year old female victim who had been stabbed in the abdomen.
The victim was transported by life flight to a Little Rock hospital for emergency surgery and is in critical condition.
Witnesses at the scene identified the suspect as the victim’s boyfriend, Ethan Seth Underwood (W/M, 5’5”, 195 lbs, brown hair & eyes, 21, of Heavener).
Witnesses stated that Underwood fled the scene northbound on North Broadway in a silver or gray, older model Dodge Dakota extended cab pickup truck with the extended cab windows broken out.
Underwood is wanted in connection with the stabbing and is considered armed & dangerous.
Anyone with information about Underwood’s current location should contact the Poteau Police Department at 918-647-8620.
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