HARTFORD, Conn. The Connecticut chief medical examiner says the 16-year-old girl fatally stabbed in a hallway of her high school died of wounds to her torso and neck. <\/p>\n
The medical examiner's office said Sunday that Maren Sanchez's death was a homicide. <\/p>\n
A 16-year-old classmate is charged with murder as a juvenile in Friday's stabbing at Jonathan Law High School in Milford. <\/p>\n
Police didn't release the suspect's name, but people who saw him taken into custody identified him as Sanchez's friend Chris Plaskon. <\/p>\n
Police are investigating whether Sanchez was killed because she turned down an invitation to be Plaskon's date to prom. <\/p>\n
Plaskon's attorney says he is being held in a hospital under psychiatric evaluation. His arraignment is scheduled for Monday, but his lawyer says the boy won't attend. <\/p>\n
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