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East TN dentist wanted in rape, stabbing

Dr. David William Gary
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Authorities are searching for a Sevierville dentist wanted in connection with the rape and stabbing of a woman outside an East Knoxville motel last week.

Dr. David William Gary, 47, faces charges of attempted first-degree murder and rape in the Nov. 17 attack on a 34-year-old woman in the parking lot of the Inn of Knoxville, 1500 N. Cherry Street, according to a Knoxville Police Department news release Tuesday.

“The victim indicated she had earlier accompanied a male to the motel where they got into an argument over a financial agreement,” the release states.

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