Thursday, March 15, 2012

Girl was stabbed first, witness says

The niece of a Kanawha County man accused of stabbing to death hiswife and daughter says her uncle knifed her cousin first.

The 8-year-old girl told Kanawha County sheriff's investigatorsthat Christopher W. Blackwell stabbed his daughter multiple timesafter she said her father hit her, according to transcripts of policeinterviews released Thursday.

The witness, whose name was not released because of her age, saidBlackwell got angry after his wife confronted him about theirdaughter's claim.

Blackwell, 30, is charged with two counts of first-degree murderin the deaths of Sherry Blackwell, 26, and their 11-year-olddaughter, Brittany. Blackwell appeared Thursday …

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