Connecticut high school girl killed in apparent prom dispute

[B2G]

Source: Reuters

By Richard Weizel

MILFORD, Connecticut Fri Apr 25, 2014 12:18pm EDT

(Reuters) - A Connecticut high school girl was killed on Friday in an attack inside the school and authorities were investigating reports that she was stabbed by a fellow student after rejecting his invitation to the prom, police said.

The victim, Maren Sanchez, 16, a junior at Jonathan Law High School in Milford, was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly after the 7 a.m. attack, Milford Police Chief Keith Mello told a news conference.

Mello said she was stabbed by a 16-year-old male, who is now in custody.

"There was blood on her neck. It was awful," said 16-year-old Sam Garcia, a junior at the school, as he walked home. "I saw the girl lying on the stretcher when they took her out."





Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/25/us-usa-stabbing-connecticut-idUSBREA3O1G920140425

[840high]

1. Jesus H - what a world.

[get the red out]

2. Oh my God

What causes this insanity?????

[surrealAmerican]

11. Insanity causes this insanity...

... or did you forget the comma?

[politicaljunkie41910]

19. I'm guessing a sense of entitlement somewhere along the way.

Obviously someone who never learned to pick cotton, and never learned what true happiness is.

[get the red out]

32. WTF????

I'm confused.

[giftedgirl77]

3. Wow, that's really disturbing.

[LeftinOH]

4. Just....WTF. n/t

[AtheistCrusader]

5. Fucking hell

[1000words]

6. Great ... my hometown.

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My niece is a Senior at Jonathan Law.

Edited to add: She tells me the alleged attacker has a history of mental issues and didn't appear to be getting proper treatment. The victim was class president, honors student, athlete and a gifted singer. Her throat was slashed.

[gypsy11]

15. Mine too...

I went to that high school. Very very sad. Heartbreaking.

[1000words]

16. I went to Foran H.S. ('86)

Heartbreaking, indeed.

[gypsy11]

17. Graduated in 88

It was a different world then. So much violence now. I watched the video the local news station posted of her singing in a school function. Her voice was angelic, it gave me goosebumps.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

18. "It was a different world then"

Nope.

[merrily]

26. "Not getting the proper help."

There's a lot of that going around.

The young woman's accomplishments were probably why he wanted so badly for her to be his prom date. If he had a history of mental issues and wasn't getting help, he was probably not treated very well by his classmates. Having her on his arm at the prom would "show them."

[alp227]

7. but but but...KNIVEZ just as bad as GUNZ durrrrrrp we need KNIFE control </snark>

[riderinthestorm]

8. Yup, we do need knife control AND gun control. Neither should be in school. Period. nt

[erpowers]

9. Sad

When I first started reading the story I thought I wish the person involved in the stabbing had thought of this girl as someone's child and thought about how stabbing her would have affected the people she loved. She was someone's child and most likely they will be heart broken by this act.

[juajen]

28. Most likely heart broken?

Murderers rarely think of anything except revenge. He was a mental case, and, yes, too little help, too late. This country will continue to suffer for its lax attitude toward the mentally ill.

It doesn't help that parents are usually in denial about the mental conditions of their children. If evaluations are suggested in school years, all hell breaks loose.

No parent wants to admit that their child is defective in any way. We also need more funds spent on mental illness, especially among the young, when something might be done in time to change their path.

[msongs]

10. proms are a waste of time and taxpayer money. dump them nt

[Rebubula]

12. Sounds like....

....someone did not have a good time at their prom

Just kidding ya....but, really is that all you got from this story????

[B2G]

13. What a profound observation

[LanternWaste]

14. I suppose there's a demographic of adults stood up as children who feel the same way.

I suppose there's a demographic of adults stood up as children who feel the same way. On the other hand, as they're both rather annoying and very petulant, no one really give them the attention they desire-- and the cycle begins all over again for them.

[FSogol]

21. Taxpayer money?

[Codeine]

22. That's your takeaway from this? nt

[nomorenomore08]

23. I think he's being facetious... But I'm not sure. n/t

[Earth_First]

24. That's DU for you... nt

[juajen]

29. Taxpayers do not pay for proms. Parents do.

Yes, the lights are on at school gymnasions, but most proms are held off campus and paid for by fund raising and parents. Did I say parents enough?

[Omaha Steve]

20. K&R!

Sorry for the dupe.

[JI7]

25. how fucking horrible

life can just suck sometimes. life gone just like that. it's horrible enough when it happens to someone so young when it's an accident. but to do it on purpose ???????????

[Niceguy1]

27. I have seen some cruel rejections

Dont know if that applies here, it could. Guys need tonlearn that when a girl rejects you there is a better one down the line.

[lululu]

30. excuse me, blame the victim?

For all you know she was kind. Even if she laughed at him, I kind of think that doesn't deserve having her throat slashed. Where are your brain cells?

[Niceguy1]

31. I wasn't blaming the victim.

Read my last line... the intention is that even with a good rejection guys need to realize that there is always a better girls out there...

[LeftOfWest]

33. 'better one down the line'

define 'better one'

sickening.

[magical thyme]

34. he knew she already had a date for the prom when he asked.

You don't ask somebody to the prom a couple hours ahead of time. Especially when it is somebody who is very popular. Especially when you *know* they already have a date with somebody else.

He knew he would be rejected before he asked because 1. it was too late to be asking and 2. because she was going with a mutual friend, whom she'd been dating for weeks.

He needed to have asked weeks earlier if he really had any expectation or hope at all.