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August 31, 2010
Deaf, Non-Verbal Teen Stabbed: Neighbor
State police say they are interviewing two possible suspects related to the stabbing of a 16-year-old disabled boy Tuesday morning.
"He couldn’t scream. He can’t say, 'Help Mommy,' nothing. He can’t talk or hear nothing," said neighbor Barbara Oquendo of Mansfield.
State police said the teen was stabbed multiple times in his own bed inside his apartment at 132 Foster Drive around 9:45 a.m.
"I have no words to explain how I feel. It hurts because I’m a mother. So I know how she must be feeling right now," said Daphne Torres of Mansfield.
The victim's mother told State Police she heard a noise and when she ran to her son's room, she ran into the suspect. He took off running and she found her son with at least two stab wounds.
"The victim was transported by ambulance to Windham Hospital where it's reported he is in serious, but not life threatening condition," said State Police Lt. J. Paul Vance.
Neighbors said police dogs tracked one teenage suspect to his apartment, which is just one building over inside the Colonial Townhomes complex.
"He had no right going into somebody else’s house and stabbing someone, especially someone who is mentally disabled. Can’t speak hear, can’t talk, scream. He knew how to pick his victim," Oquendo said.
Neighbors say the suspect has been in trouble with the law before. "I had to call the cops on him a couple months back," Torres said.
State Police Major Crimes detectives spent the entire day gathering evidence inside the apartment and even outside in a nearby dumpster.
Late Tuesday night authorities said they were interviewing additional witnesses, as well as another possible suspect, but released few other details.
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Deaf-Non-Verbal-Teen-Stabbed-Neighbor-101389669.html
Posted by 4HL on August 31, 2010 11:43 PM
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