By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A 45-year-old woman is in police custody after allegedly stabbing her roommate in the chest yesterday afternoon in Centralia.
Police were called about 5:11 p.m. by neighbors a few blocks away from the apartment on the 200 block of North Ash Street where the victim had collapsed after fleeing the scene, according to the Centralia Police Department.
Officers responded to the apartment where they took Marcelle J. Snodgrass, 45 of Centralia, into custody without incident, according to police.
The dispute between Snodgrass and her roommate was over rent money that Snodgrass believed was owed to her, police said this morning.
The 26-year-old victim sustained one fairly deep wound in her upper chest, detective Sgt. Carl Buster said. She has already been released from the hospital.
“Doctors said it didn’t hit anything vital,” Buster said.
A search of the apartment turned up a large kitchen knife believed to have been used in the assault, according to police.
Snodgrass was booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department.
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