From the Botetourt County Sheriff’s Office: At approximately 2:45pm this afternoon, the Botetourt County 911 Dispatch Center received a call from a male who made statements to indicate that he was going harm himself and that he had already harmed his wife, who was at the residence. Botetourt Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the 200 block of Coaling Rd. Troutville VA and were on scene within three minutes of the call being dispatch. Upon their arrival, they found a female victim with a knife wound to her back. The victim was conscious, up moving around and able to talk to the Deputies, EMS personnel arrived and transported the victim to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Sheriff’s Deputies are looking for Jason P. Quackenbush, a white male 33 years of age. Quackenbush was last know to be driving a 1999 White Honda Accord with Virginia license plates WUX1267. The suspect left the residence but we have no definite direction of travel at this time. Charges are pending.
