ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — A 12-year-old Elkhart girl fatally stabbed her stepmother after the woman confronted her about starting a fire in the family’s apartment following an argument, police said.
Elkhart Police spokesman Sgt. Chris Snyder declined to say how many times the 50-year-old woman was stabbed, but said her injuries were so severe she died before emergency responders could take her to a hospital in the city about 15 miles east of South Bend.
The girl had argued with her stepmother late Thursday night and then started a fire in her own bedroom, police said. When the woman confronted her stepdaughter about the fire, police allege that the youngster stabbed her.