MINOT, N.D. (AP Sept 26, 2013) – A Texas man who stabbed to death a fellow oil field worker in a Minot hotel has been released from the State Hospital in Jamestown.

 35-year-old Charles Davis acknowledged killing 48-year-old Donald Flowers, also of Texas, in a conference room at the Candlewood Suites in March 2011.

Davis avoided jail by being found not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility due to mental illness. He was sent to the State Hospital for treatment of schizophrenia.

In District Court in Minot Thursday, Judge William McLees signed a conditional release order that allows Davis to live outside of the State Hospital while he continues his full-time job in Jamestown.

The release requires regular treatment and drug testing, and prevents Davis from leaving North Dakota without permission.

Story from WDAY 6 T.V. Fargo, link below

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Associated Press Story, Reported March 14, 2011

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Minot police have identified a man they say was stabbed to death at a local motel.

The Saturday death of 48-year-old Donald Flowers of Wichita Falls, Texas, is being treated as a homicide.

Thirty-two-year-old Charles Davis of Trinity, Texas, is charged with murder and theft of a motor vehicle. He was arrested Saturday near Bismarck after allegedly fleeing Minot in a stolen vehicle.

Police Capt. Jason Olson tells KCJB radio that Davis and Flowers worked for an oil field company and knew one another. Authorities have not speculated on a possible motive.