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Boy charged with murder of nine-year-old girl as victim named
A teenage boy is in custody after a nine-year-old girl was fatally stabbed at her home, with police conducting a major investigation and increased patrols in the area.
- On Monday, December 15, Avon and Somerset Police were called after South West Ambulance Service medics found nine-year-old Aria Thorpe dead at a Lime Close home and arrested a teenage boy nearby.
- Amid an ongoing murder probe, police say enquiries at the property on Lime Close and a post-mortem examination show the death resulted from a single stab wound.
- Friends recall Aria talking about her Christmas list and attending an after-school dance class the night she was attacked; two weeks ago she celebrated her ninth birthday with a K-pop Demon Hunters party.
- A police cordon is in place and house-to-house enquiries are ongoing in the Mead Vale area; Avon and Somerset Police urged the public to call 101, quoting reference number 5225352036.
- On Wednesday the force charged a 15-year-old boy with the murder of Aria Thorpe and said he will appear at Bristol Magistrates' Court; the teenager cannot be named and remains in custody.
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Boy, 15, charged with murder of nine-year-old Aria Thorpe
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of nine-year-old Aria Thorpe in Weston-super-Mare.
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