WORCESTER, Mass. — A trial date has been scheduled for a Leominster woman charged with stabbing her live-in boyfriend 21 times.
The Sentinel & Enterprise reports that a judge recently ruled that 28-year-old Stephanie Cruz's first-degree murder trial will start Sept. 6 in Worcester Superior Court.
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Authorities say Taylor was killed in their Leominster apartment only hours after being released from jail on a charge of domestic assault and battery that involved Cruz. Police say Cruz then waited a day before reporting the death.
Cruz has been held without bail since pleading not guilty in the June 2015 killing of 37-year-old Cedric Taylor, who suffered stab wounds to his heart, lung, neck, torso, back, and other areas.
Cruz says Taylor "lunged" at her and the stabbing was self-defense.