California teen fatally stabbed by trespasser at her high school

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A student at Stagg High School in Stockton, California, was killed on Monday morning when a trespasser walked onto campus and stabbed her multiple times, police said.

The unidentified suspect has been taken into custody, and it's unclear if he knew the victim, Stockton Unified School District Superintendent John Ramirez Jr. said. Stockton Police Deputy Chief Eric Kane said the suspect is an adult male in his 40s who came to the school in a car.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.