""The night of July 20, 2023, Sheppard and a friend were walking in Boston Common. As Sheppard continued to the MBTA pavilion, Partsch approached her with a knife, prosecutors wrote in the court filing.""
""Video surveillance showed that the victim and the defendant began fighting, then Partsch stabbed Sheppard in the head, face, and torso, Hayden's office said.""
""During the sentencing, Sheppard's family read aloud a victim impact statement, calling her a 'deeply loved human being.'""
""Judge Mary Ames spoke to Partsch before she handed down the sentence. 'It's the senselessness of this act, the senselessness of the act that...""
Alyssa Partsch, 33, was sentenced to 15 to 20 years in prison for fatally stabbing 21-year-old Jazreanna Sheppard in July 2023. The two women had engaged in an online argument prior to the incident. On the night of the stabbing, Partsch approached Sheppard with a knife near Boston Common, leading to a physical altercation. Partsch fled the scene after the attack, while Sheppard succumbed to her injuries at Tufts Medical Center. Partsch pleaded guilty to manslaughter, reducing her original second-degree murder charge.
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