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Girl Accused Of Fatally Stabbing 15-Year-Old In Fight Over Boy

Posted: 4:30 pm EDT September 6, 2005Updated: 4:33 pm EDT September 6, 2005

PALM BAY, Fla. -- A 16-year-old Brevard County girl will have to face a judge on charges she stabbed another teenage girl to death with a pocket knife.

Soriya Richards of Palm Bay was arrested over the weekend. She is accused of killing 15-year-old Makeedah Cox in a fight over a boy.

The State Attorney's Office is considering charging the girl as an adult.

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