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A 21-year-old woman was fatally stabbed by her sister-in-law during a fight Sunday morning in a Rowland Heights apartment apartment, authorities said.
The victim died at a hospital after the stabbing about 2 a.m. in the 1900 block of Batson Avenue, Deputy Crystal Hernandez of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau said.
The woman’s 19-year-old sister-in-law fled the scene but was arrested a short time later, Hernandez said.
The two lived together at the apartment with other family members, the deputy said.
Deputies called to the apartment to investigate a report of an assault found the stabbed victim lying in the apartment’s doorway, according to Hernandez.
Witnesses said the women were arguing when the sister-in-law stabbed the victim in the neck, Hernandez said.
It’s unclear what the argument was about.
Neither woman’s name was made available.
— City News Service