The family of a 16-year-old girl who was stabbed to death by a classmate for rejecting him as a prom date is suing the school system for negligence.
The family said in the lawsuit that their daughter, Maren Sanchez, had notified a guidance counselor at the school that the attacker was troubled and capable of hurting himself and others months before she was killed.
The lawsuit was filed on March 15, in Milford Superior Court in Milford, Connecticut. The family said in the suit that the attacker, Christopher Plaskon, was emotionally disturbed and threatening to commit self-harming actions by cutting himself with a knife.
Sanchez was killed by Plaskon on April 14, 2014, at about 7:15 a.m., the day of their junior prom. Officials said in the affidavit that an individual tried to pull Plaskon off the girl, and a witness saw Plaskon getting rid of a bloody knife.
He was then taken to the principal’s office at the Jonathan Law High School. While wearing blood-stained clothes Plaskon told authorities, “I did it. Just arrest me.”
