Police in Council Bluffs report a Council Bluffs man is dead after he was stabbed in the neck today (Friday) Bluffs Police Sgt. Dave Dawson says officers were dispatched to the 3500 block of 5th Avenue at around noon. When they arrived, 52-year old Douglas Eugene Richt was found laying on the front porch of 3501 5th Avenue. Council Bluffs Medical personnel arrived on the scene and treated Richt, who was then transported to a hospital, where he died from his injury. 45-year old Jodie Marie Sherman, of Council Bluffs, was charged with Murder in the 1st degree, Willful Injury and Violating a Restraining Order.

Dawson said investigators have learned Richt came to the residence to pick up Sherman, who left the residence and got into the 1999 Saturn driven by Richt. A verbal argument ensued and a witness or witnesses observed Richt leave the vehicle and attempt to crawl onto the porch at 3501 5th Avenue.

Sherman also left the vehicle but was quickly apprehended by a uniformed officer in the area. Sherman was being held in the Pottawattamie County Jail. An investigation into the incident continues.