Maryland boy, 17, 'who stabbed to death his five-year-old half-sister' is arrested 500 miles away in Ohio after going on the run
A 17-year-old Maryland boy has been arrested in Ohio for allegedly stabbing his five-year-old half-sister to death and then fleeing 500 miles west in his family's car.
Stephen Jarrod Davis II was tracked down by authorities in Springfield, Ohio, on late Saturday morning and has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder, the Anne Arundel County Police Department said in a news release.
The victim, identified as Anaya Jannah Abdul, was found dead at a home in the 4100 block of Apple Leaf Court in Pasadena at 8.15am on Saturday, about four hours after she was killed.
Stephen Davis, 17, has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his five-year-old half-sister, Anaya Abdul, in Pasadena, Maryland
The child's body was discovered covered in stab wounds at a home on Apple Leaf Court
Police said an autopsy had been completed and the cause of death was determined to be multiple sharp force injuries.
Detectives are still looking for a motive in this case and the investigation remains active.
'For a child to have that much rage on another child, why? I think that's the main question all of us are asking,' Lt. Jackie Davis, of the Anne Arundel County Police Department, told WBAL-TV.
The police department said its crisis intervention team was working with the responding officers and the victim’s family.
'It's pretty shocking,' neighbor Weezer Allen told Fox Baltimore. 'It really makes you wonder. You're 100 feet away from something going on and you don't know what's happening.'
At around 11.15am on Saturday, Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers found Davis driving his family's stolen car in the area of US 40 near I-70 and a high-speed chase ensued, reported WHIO.
This map shows the nearly 500-mile distance between the crime scene in Pasadena, Maryland, and the location where Davis was arrested after a high-speed chase
After a 20-minute pursuit, Davis's car came to a stop on I-70 just west of I-675, and the driver was taken into custody, according to OSHP.
Davis, who was not facing any additional charges in Ohio, was awaiting extradition back to Maryland, police said.
Abdul was a kindergarten student at Fort Smallwood Elementary School, according to a letter sent by the school's principal, Bobbie Kesecker, to parents, as WMAR 2 News reported.
The five-year-old enjoyed drawing, dancing, singing and making videos.
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