Vigil for Girl Stabbed to Death Planned for Thursday Night

GLEN BURNIE, MD — The Glen Burnie community will gather at 7:30 p.m. Thursday night in a vigil for two children reportedly stabbed to death by a family member during a dispute at their home.

Authorities have not yet released the names of a 10-year-old girl who was killed or a second family member, a 13-year-old boy, who was injured with a stab wound. An arrest warrant has been issued for Andres Rafael Quintana Garcia, 18, of the 6400 block of Roots Drive in Glen Burnie, charging him with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and reckless endangerment in the girl's death.

Tonight's vigil will be held in the 6400 block of Roots Drive in Glen Burnie, near the crime scene.

The victims and suspect are family members and this was obviously not a random act, said police spokesman Lt. Ryan Frashure. "This was a family argument inside the house that quickly escalated from verbal to physical, to deadly."

Police will not confirm media reports that neighbors of the victims say the dead girl and the injured teen are the younger siblings of Garcia.

Authorities claim Garcia stabbed both children about 7:42 p.m. Monday at a residence in the 6400 block of Roots Drive in Glen Burnie. Officers found the girl and a 13-year-old boy both suffering from stab wounds. The girl was taken to Baltimore Washington Medical Center, where she later died from her injuries, according to police. The 13-year-old boy was taken to Johns Hopkins Pediatric Hospital and released Thursday, the Capital-Gazette reports.

Anne Arundel County Police named Garcia as the suspect in the stabbings, and have been searching for him since he fled the home Monday night. Investigators believe that Garcia is still in the Glen Burnie area. The newspaper reports that authorities have seized Garcia's passport and placed him on a no-fly list.

Garcia's family had moved to Anne Arundel County in recent months from northern Virginia; police have also talked to family members there.

Garcia has also been charged with attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and reckless endangerment in the attack on the 13-year-old.

The girl's body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of her death. This is the 11th homicide in Anne Arundel County this year, police said.

Garcia is described as a white/Hispanic male, about 5’05” tall, weighing about 140 pounds with brown hair and eyes. He fled the house on foot and was last seen wearing gray colored clothing. Investigators ask anyone who knows the location of Garcia to call 911; he is considered a violent suspect.

The Anne Arundel County Police ask anyone with information to call the Anne Arundel County Homicide Unit at 410-222-4731. f people with information wish to remain anonymous they can also contact the Anne Arundel County Police Tip Line 410-222-4700 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP or Text “MCS plus your message” to CRIMES (274637).

»Photo of homicide suspect Andres Rafael Quintana Garcia, courtesy of Anne Arundel County Police