Twin Cities Woman, 21, Stabbed To Death In Netherlands: Report

NETHERLANDS — A Twin Cities woman is dead after she was stabbed in the Netherlands Wednesday, according to a media report in that country. Sarah Papenheim, 21, was attending Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

The Andover native was studying psychology.

Papenheim was reportedly stabbed at the off-campus residence where she lived. Authorities told local newspaper AD/Rotterdam Dagblad that screams were heard from Papenheim's room before the incident.

A male student, 23, was later arrested after trying to flee, according to police there. Papenheim's family told the Star Tribune that the man was not her boyfriend.

Papenheim's studies focused on suicide. Her own brother took his life at 21, according her mother.

"My only two kids, and I've lost them both," Donee Odegar told the Star Tribune.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Papenheim's family.

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