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FATAL STABBING IN VERMILLION

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POLICE IN VERMILLION, SOUTH DAKOTA HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF A MAN IN THAT CITY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

DISPATCHERS RECEIVED A 9-1-1 CALL JUST AFTER 4 A.M. SAYING A MAN HAD BEEN STABBED.

WHEN OFFICERS WENT TO THE HOME, THEY FOUND THE BODY OF A 47-YEAR-OLD VERMILLION MAN WHO HAD BEEN STABBED.

POLICE TOOK 20-YEAR-OLD CHEZAYLA LIGGINS INTO CUSTODY.
LIGGINS IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER.

THE VICTIM HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AND AN AUTOPSY IS PENDING.

THE INVESTIGATION OF THE STABBING IS CONTINUING.