Crime

Woman stabbed to death in Gary

By Sun-Times Wire

A woman was stabbed to death early Saturday in northwest Indiana.

Samantha J. Fleming, 23, was pronounced dead at 2:31 a.m. in the 1900 block of Cleveland Street in Gary, Ind., according to a statement from the Lake County, Ind., coroner’s office.

Fleming, of the 0-100 block of Claire Street in Anderson, Ind., had suffered stab wounds and her death was ruled a homicide, the coroner’s office said.

Gary police could not immediately be reached for further details on the incident.

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