Two Sikeston women arrested for attacking man with knives

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SIKESTON -- Two Sikeston women are facing felony charges after stabbing and slashing a man they live with.

Angela Lott, 27, is charged with first degree domestic assault, a class A felony; a felony armed criminal action charge; and unlawful use of a weapon (exhibiting), a class D felony.

Tanisia Rochelle Dunnigan, 27, is charged with first degree assault, a class A felony; a felony armed criminal action charge; and unlawful use of a weapon (exhibiting), a class D felony.

The Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded at about 2:44 a.m. Tuesday to a report of a bloody man standing in a yard on Ruth Street, according to DPS Capt. Bill Mygatt, to find a victim of a knife attack in that area.

"He said he went to asleep," Mygatt said. "Next thing he remembered, he woke up on Ruth Street covered in blood."

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