A 16-year-old female student at a Connecticut high school died Friday after she was attacked and stabbed inside the school’s stairwell, authorities said at a press conference.
Maren Sanchez, a junior at Jonathan Law High School in Milford, was pronounced dead at Bridgeport Hospital despite attempts by teachers and emergency responders to save her life after the attack inside thew school, authorities said. A student at the school and local media reports indicate that Sanchez was attacked because she refused to go to the prom with the attacker later in the evening.