Grand Forks woman in custody after stabbing father

Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff
Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff

(Grand Forks, ND) -- A Grand Forks woman is being held in the County Jail for stabbing her father, then turning the knife on herself.

The Grand Forks Police Department says 56-year-old Ceanne Reese got into an argument with 82-year-old Hugh Reese late Wednesday afternoon, then grabbed the knife and stabbed him. Authorities responded to the scene in the 100 block of Conklin Avenue around 3 p.m. to find the elder Reese with lacerations on his neck and hand. Both were taken to Altru for treatment, with Hugh Reese now in stable condition.

Ceanne Reese is being held in the Grand Forks County Correctional Center, and faces one county of attempted murder.