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10/09/2012
Detectives Question Three Teens Over Party Stabbing
Three teenagers are being questioned by detectives following murder of an A-level student, stabbed to death outside an Essex house party advertised on Facebook.
Jay Whiston, 17, was killed on Saturday night at a gathering attended by about 100 teenagers in the affluent Lexden area of Colchester.
It is believed details of the event were circulated on the social networking site, but that a number of uninvited guests turned up.
Jay was stabbed at around 10pm and taken to Colchester general hospital with abdominal injuries but died shortly afterwards. A provisional postmortem examination showed he died from a stab wound.
A 17-year-old and two 18-year-old’s, all from Colchester, are being questioned at police stations in north Essex on suspicion of murder.
Senior investigating officer, Detective Chief Inspector Simon Parkes, said: "This really is a tragic loss of life that we, but more importantly, this boy's parents have to deal with.
"This murder took place in an affluent area of Colchester and at a house party which had a garden that could cater for the 100 or so teenagers that were present.
"Although we don't yet know the details of what went on, we're slowly piecing together the sequence of events that led to this boy's death. We're speaking to those who were at the party, but we're mindful that there may have been others who left either before the stabbing or in the immediate aftermath before we arrived.
"Everyone at this party is a key witness whether they saw anything or not and we would urge them to contact us."
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Jay Whiston, 17, was killed on Saturday night at a gathering attended by about 100 teenagers in the affluent Lexden area of Colchester.
It is believed details of the event were circulated on the social networking site, but that a number of uninvited guests turned up.
Jay was stabbed at around 10pm and taken to Colchester general hospital with abdominal injuries but died shortly afterwards. A provisional postmortem examination showed he died from a stab wound.
A 17-year-old and two 18-year-old’s, all from Colchester, are being questioned at police stations in north Essex on suspicion of murder.
Senior investigating officer, Detective Chief Inspector Simon Parkes, said: "This really is a tragic loss of life that we, but more importantly, this boy's parents have to deal with.
"This murder took place in an affluent area of Colchester and at a house party which had a garden that could cater for the 100 or so teenagers that were present.
"Although we don't yet know the details of what went on, we're slowly piecing together the sequence of events that led to this boy's death. We're speaking to those who were at the party, but we're mindful that there may have been others who left either before the stabbing or in the immediate aftermath before we arrived.
"Everyone at this party is a key witness whether they saw anything or not and we would urge them to contact us."
(H)
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