Council Bluffs police have charged a 39-year-old man with attempted murder after stopping his vehicle and finding him bleeding from stab wounds. Police also charged David Leroy McKee with Burglary in the 1st Degree and Felony Domestic Abuse Assault. McKee was being treated for his wounds at an Omaha hospital, where he was last reported to be in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries.
The incident began Sunday after police received a report from Linda Minard that David McKee had threatened her and his estranged wife, Roberta Francke-McKee. By the time officers arrived, David McKee had broken into the home and tried allegedly tried to choke Robert McKee to death. After the woman grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed him, he took off in a pickup truck. Roberta McKee’s injuries were minor, while Linda Minard wasn’t hurt.