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Woman who pleaded in Escanaba stabbing case sentenced

KERA News

ESCANABA, MI— A woman who turned herself in following a stabbing in Escanaba last August has been sentenced.

Crystalyn Dixie Knuth pleaded guilty in February to assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder.

On August 11, Escanaba Public Safety officers responded to Fairview Estates for an assault. The victim—who had suffered numerous stab wounds—was found at a neighbor’s residence.
Knuth later turned herself in to Public Safety.

She was sentenced Tuesday to 3 to 10 years in prison.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.