Student arrested for fatally stabbing Binghamton freshman

Abel Hampton
18:13, Apr 17, 2018
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A college freshman was stabbed to death on his State University of NY campus Sunday night in what officials said was a targeted attack. The suspect was "described as a light-skinned male wearing dark trousers and a dark Puma hooded sweatshirt", according to the university, and he "remains at large".

The victim was identified as a 19-year-old male who is a first-year student. This had been the second killing of students there in five weeks, grieving and departing the campus tense. He was described in the Facebook post "as a light-skinned male wearing dark trousers and a dark, Puma hooded sweatshirt".

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'At this time, the police are confident this was not a random act, ' the university said on its website.

Searchers are being aided in wooded areas by state forest rangers.

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District Attorney Stephen Cornwell of all Broome County, N.Y., declined to name the defendant but said at a news conference that he had been students at Binghamton, that is part of the State University of NY process.

Conrad Taylor, 21, a December Binghamton University graduate who also serves on the Binghamton City Council, described this tragedy as heartbreaking - a disgusting crime. "I'm absolutely sure we'll do that again".

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This is the second student to be murdered this school year at Binghamton University. A 22-year-old nursing student named Haley Anderson was killed in her off-campus home in March. In Dec. 2009, Richard T. Antoun, an emeritus professor of anthropology, was stabbed to death on campus by a graduate student.

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