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Woman Allegedly Killed Ex And Then Posted About It On Facebook
Police are looking for an 18-year-old woman who allegedly posted about stabbing her ex-boyfriend to death on Facebook. Police found 21-year-old Dorian Powell dead inside an apartment in the 2000 block of North Central Avenue in San Bernardino at about 2:30 a.m. Monday morning, KTLA reports. Officers say the cause of death was multiple stab wounds.
Nakasia James, 18, has been identified as a person of interest in the murder. Someone by the same name posted to a Facebook page that she was fighting with her ex-boyfriend and that after he hit her in the face, she stabbed him.
"We was really fightn and I gt the knife and stabbed him dint think I would hurt him BT I did he died and I'm on the run," she allegedly wrote.
Police told KTLA they have no comment about the Facebook post.
Authorities are currently looking for James, and have asked anyone with information to call Detective Lewis at 909-384-5762 or Sgt. Kokesh at 909-384-5615.
Nakasia James is being sought by the San Bernardino Police Department as a "person of interest" in connection to the...
Posted by KTLA 5 News on Tuesday, January 12, 2016
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