Arrests Made in Juvenile Stabbing

By Gus G. Sentementes and Nicole Fuller
Sun Reporters
Originally published July 11, 2007, 8:01 PM EDT
Two teenagers were charged Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old girl whose body was found by her mother in a bedroom at their family's home in Southwest Baltimore.The victim, Christine Richardson, was discovered early Tuesday morning lying in her mother's bed with stab wounds to her chest and a slit throat, authorities said.
Police identified the suspects as Calvin Puryear, 19, of the 1900 block of Ramsay St., and Lloyd Chase, 17, of the 2100 block of McHenry St. Both suspects, who live in the same neighborhood as the victim, have been charged with first-degree murder and related charges, authorities said.In a city struggling with a surging homicide rate this year, Police Commissioner Leonard D. Hamm Wednesday called the case "another example of juvenile violence, another example of good police work and the community coming together and trying to make themselves more safe."Richardson was the city's 165th homicide victim, and the 16th juvenile slain this year.
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