GRANDVIEW, Wash. — The victim in the weekend stabbing death in Grandview has been identified as 16-year-old Chelsie Stoneking of Grandview.
She was found early Sunday at her home in the 200 block of Pleasant Avenue.
Police say they have arrested a 17-year-old boy in connection with Stoneking’s death.
The girl had apparently been stabbed to death, according to an updated news release issued this morning by the Grandview Police Department.
Yakima County Coroner Jack Hawkins says the girl suffered stab wounds to the back, neck and abdomen. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday morning.
No motive had been determined, police said. Beyond saying the victim and suspect knew each other, the news release did not describe their relationship.
Stoneking’s family members called her a “good kid” who was attending Grandview’s Compass High School while raising a 7-month-old baby.
“She’s a darn good kid and she didn’t deserve what she got,” said her father, Ed Stoneking of Mabton “She was raising her baby and she was doing a good job of it.”
Her grandmother, Ilene Stoneking, echoed the sentiments: “She was a sweet loving little girl that didn’t deserve this.”
They declined to discuss any more about her.
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/12/21/teen-arrested-in-connection-with-weekend-death-in-grandview
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