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Man in custody for stabbing another man to death at a Cedar Rapids hotel

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April 5th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A 33-year-old man was stabbed to death in a Residence Inn in Cedar Rapids at around midnight, Sunday. A suspect — 39-year-old Victoriano Dias-Barrera — was arrested on first degree murder and other charges. A second man, 29-year-old Anthony Diaz, was arrested on a Texas warrant charging him with murder in a separate case in that state.

According to a news release from Cedar Rapids police, the victim and Dias-Barrera knew one another and had been arguing before the stabbing, which occurred in a room at the Residence Inn. Arriving officers and paramedics found a 33-year-old man who had been stabbed in his upper torso. The man, whose name was not immediately released, died at the scene.