Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Victims Identified in South Windsor Double Stabbing

The suspect was found in Manchester wearing only a towel, and police say one of the victims was stabbed up to eight times.

Update, 11:30 a.m.

The suspect in the double stabbing is in police custody and has been officially charged with the crimes. Read the full story here.

Update: Police say Frederick Hazard, 19 of West Hartford, and Dianihtza Rivera-Soto, 21 of Hartford, are the victims in Tuesday’s late night stabbing in South Windsor, according to Fox CT.

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Hazard was listed in critical condition. Rivera-Soto’s condition is not known. Police said both suffered multiple stab wounds.

Original post: South Windsor police are interviewing a potential suspect in a brutal double stabbing that has left two people hospitalized and one victim is currently non-responsive.

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Police responded at 11:30 p.m. to a gas station at 84 John Fitch Boulevard and found a 19-year-old suffering a from several stab wounds, WFSB 3 TV reports.

Then a 21-year-old female was found lying in the roadway along Route 5 near the I-291 intersection bleeding from stab wounds.

NBC Connecticut reports that police believe William Brewster, 20, who was taken into custody in Manchester, stabbed the two at his 108 Spielman Road house in South Windsor.

When police found Brewster he was only wearing a towel and told authorities that he was cold.

One victim was stabbed at least eight times, and one of them uttered Brewster’s name to police, reports NBC Connecticut.

Police say video from the gas station shows one of the victim’s banging on the front door to the gas station and then collapsing, WFSB 3 TV reports.

The area around Spellman Road is closed while police investigate.

Photos courtesy of South Windsor Police

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