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Monday, June 8, 2009

N.B. girl, 16, charged with 1st-degree murder in senior's stabbing

A 16-year-old southern New Brunswick girl has been charged with first-degree murder after a 78-year-old man was found dead in his Damascus home on Friday night.

The RCMP laid the charge on Sunday, two days after discovering the man's body in his residence.

The accused, who is from the Hampton area, cannot be identified under provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

RCMP Sgt. Claude Tremblay said an autopsy determined that the elderly man died of a stab wound.

But he said police will release few other details.

"I canno