MARQUETTE, MI-- Marquette Police captured a suspect in a fatal stabbing in the city after he fled the scene Sunday morning.
Around 1 a.m. officers were dispatched to the 200 block of Furnace Street on a report a 61-year-old resident had been stabbed. The suspect, identified as Curtis Contois, 38, of Marquette, ran from the scene. A search was launched with K-9 assistance, but Contois couldn’t be found.
The victim died a short time later at UPHS-Marquette.
City Police say with community help Contois was eventually captured and arrested.
No other details have been released at this time.
