Boy, 13, arrested in killing of Barnard College freshman
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December 13, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — A 13-year-old boy was arrested Friday in the stabbing death of a Barnard College freshman who was approached in a park by as many as three youths as she ventured from her New York City campus on the eve of final exams.
The arrest of such a young suspect added another tragic element to the slaying of 18-year-old Tessa Majors, a case that has troubled city and campus leaders.
The boy, whose name has not been made public, is among just a handful of people in their early teens to be charged with murder in the city in recent years.
He is expected to be tried as a juvenile delinquent...
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