A St. Louis man was arrested following a late night report of a stabbing on Highway 163 east of Leighton.

Jonathan Jerome McAtee, 29, was arrested early this morning and charged with one count of attempt to commit murder, a Class B felony.

According to the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office, the Pella Police Department received a 911 call from a motorist in the 1800 block of Highway 163 in Mahaska County at 11:35 p.m. Monday night, with the individual reporting he had found a female sitting in a car on the side of the road with apparent stab wounds. The Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office and Pella Ambulance responded, finding 36 year old Shauna Colleen Flynn of St. Louis with wounds to her upper torso and head. She was transported initially to Pella Regional Health Center before being transferred to Mercy in Des Moines in stable condition.

McAtee was found at a hotel room in Ottumwa and taken to Mahaska County Jail. The preliminary investigation indicates the stabbing resulted from a domestic dispute.

The Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office is continuing the investigation, and were assisted by the Pella Police Department, Oskaloosa Police, the Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Drug Task Force, the Ottumwa Police Department, Mahaska County Dispatch, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, the Wapello County Sheriff’s Office, and the Iowa State Patrol.