LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death in the Iroquois neighborhood Saturday evening, according to Louisville Metro Police.
LMPD Sgt. Matt Sanders said police responded to a stabbing in the 5300 block of Buckner Avenue, near Southern Parkway, around 7 p.m. When police arrived on scene, they found a teenage girl who had been stabbed.
She died at the scene.
Sanders said police found the suspect near the Iroquois Manor Shopping Complex. Police detained 18-year-old Kaden Seviour.
Police said they were allegedly in a relationship.
According to court documents, a witness said she heard the two in the bedroom and heard the victim asking to be let out of the room.
After being unable to open the door, the witness opened a window and saw the victim on the ground then Seviour jumped out the window.
The witness then back inside and entered the room and found the victim had been killed.
Police said Seviour provided a Mirandized statement stating he stabbed the victim multiple times.
He's been initially charged with murder and is scheduled to appear in court Monday.
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