HARTFORD, Conn. — A 16-year-old girl was stabbed to death inside a Connecticut high school Friday, and police were investigating whether a boy attacked her because she turned down an invitation to be his prom date.
Maren Sanchez was stabbed in a hallway of Jonathan Law High School in Milford, an hour’s drive from New York City, about 7:15 a.m. Staff members and paramedics performed lifesaving measures, but the girl was pronounced dead at a hospital, police said.
The 16-year-old boy was charged later Friday. His name wasn’t released because of juvenile offender laws, said Police Chief Keith Mello.
Imani Langston, who described herself as one of Sanchez’s best friends, said she saw the suspect taken out of the school in handcuffs. She said Sanchez and the boy were friends but had never dated.
Sanchez, a junior, was in the National Honor Society and engaged in school activities, said schools Superintendent Elizabeth Feser.
