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Published: 2008-07-24 18:02:00
Updated: 2008-07-24 21:48:31

Posted: July 24, 2008

Police: Sanford teen's death can be solved

Dana Shorb, 17, was found dead at her Sanford home in April 2008.

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Dana Shorb, 17, was found dead at her Sanford home in April 2008.
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Sanford, N.C. — Sanford police said the death of a teenager at her home in April is being investigated as a homicide.

Dana Shorb, 17, was found dead on April 26 in the shower of the home at 210 Bounty Lane that she shared with her boyfriend and their child.

An autopsy, released Wednesday, found that Shorb died of a stab wound to the chest. She was also stabbed in the arms, head, neck and chest 11 times.

Police had declined to classify Shorb's death as murder, even after the autopsy called her death "violent and suspicious." Early Thursday evening, Capt. Dave Smith said the death was indeed a case of homicide and that he was confident it would be solved.

Smith said police had questioned Shorb's boyfriend, but that he was not a suspect.

Shorb's mother declined an interview with WRAL News, but said her daughter's life ended too soon.

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" An autopsy, released Wednesday, found that Shorb died of a stab wound to the chest. She was also stabbed in the arms, head, neck and chest 11 times.

Police had declined to classify Shorb's death as murder, even after the autopsy called her death "violent and suspicious.""

This makes no sense. If it wasn't a homicide what could it have been? Tripped and fell cutting tomatoes for dinner? Suicide? Twilight Zone? Sheesh!
Click to view my profile GetRight
July 25, 2008 12:01 p.m.
I thought they'd already finished their investigation and turned everything over to the da. Now they're saying the "death can be solved".

What am I missing here?
NCGal
July 25, 2008 10:29 a.m.
I'm with NCTeacher4327. That was my first impression of the story as well.
pddpirate97
July 25, 2008 8:13 a.m.
This is terrible! Why wait so long to post this? Where's her boyfriend and her baby? How could it not be a homicide?
Click to view my profile Just WhiskeyKel
July 25, 2008 8:10 a.m.
The child was two months old at the time of the murder. How truly ridiculous for them not to originally come out saying this was a homicide. Pair this with the drug bust situation and it truly does make Sanford PD seem incompetent.
wrrgirl
July 25, 2008 7:06 a.m.
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