SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – A police spokesman in the Dominican Republic says a 15-year-old girl has been arrested in the slaying of a Canadian man living in the Caribbean country.
Nelson Rosario says the girl is in custody and will be prosecuted as a juvenile.
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Rosario said Tuesday that the girl has admitted fatally stabbing 81-year-old John Verne Ward at his home in the coastal town of La Romana on Aug. 24. He says she told authorities that she was in a relationship with Ward and that she stabbed him after they got into a fight when he tried to prevent her from leaving.
Ward’s hometown in Canada was not available. The girl’s name was not released because of her age.
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