New Jersey woman sentenced for fatally stabbing identical twin in fight

Thursday, November 21, 2019
CAMDEN, New Jersey -- A New Jersey woman who fatally stabbed her identical twin to death during a drunken street fight is now headed to prison.

Amanda Ramirez received a six-year sentence on Thursday. The 27-year-old Camden resident had pleaded guilty in September to manslaughter charges.
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Ramirez initially denied stabbing her sister, Anna, at the Centennial Village Apartments in Camden on June 22. She later admitted to the stabbing but claimed she had acted in self-defense after her sister got a knife and came at her.
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Ramirez has said the stabbing occurred after a night of heavy drinking, adding that she can't remember why she and her sister started fighting. The brawl ended when Ramirez stabbed her sister once in the chest.

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