New Details in Queens Teen's Murder

According to the NY Post, police are investigating whether 14-year-old Sabrina Matthews "may have been killed by a boyfriend she recently met over the Internet." Matthews was found by her father in their Cambria Heights home on Sunday; her throat was slit and she was naked from the waist down. The Daily News reports that her father was arrested last year for punching an older daughter; neighbors say the police had come to the Matthews home for a number of "domestic disturbances" related to that daughter. And a neighbor says that there was apparently blood on the Matthews' floor early Sunday morning, claiming the victim's mother told her, "I saw black stuff all over the floor leading down to the basement. I didn't think anything of it. I figured my husband stepped in mud outside."

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By Jen Chung in News on November 11, 2008 10:54 AM

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robingee

If HUGO MEGO had a few more IQ points he could be a lab monkey.

HUGO_MEGO

If this girl was white it would be getting much more publicity.

NannyState

Either that internet boyfriend is one of the most dangerous predators out there or there's something even more tragic at play here. This case needs to be worked like no other.

robingee

He was not a boyfriend, he was a predator and a murderer. It must be very hard for parents to watch over/control what their kids to on the net.

r1b2

If it was the internet boyfriend, then they should be able to catch him. This is a tragedy, and reiterates the importance of knowing with whom your kids are communicating on the web. In my kids' schools they have classes warning kids that everyone isn't really who they say they are on the web. Parents have to be even more vigilant.