CLEVELAND, Ohio — Police on Thursday arrested a man in connection with the fatal stabbing of 14-year-old Alianna DeFreeze.
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The arrest was made about 7:30 p.m. Thursday, according to a police source with knowledge of the investigation and the arrest.
The police department will hold a 9 p.m. press conference regarding the case. Cleveland.com will stream the conference on Facebook Live.
DeFreeze was found dead Sunday at an abandoned home on Fuller Avenue east of East 93rd Street.
Cleveland police officers found the body while searching abandoned fields and homes in the area. Alianna was reported missing Friday after she didn’t show up for school, according to police.
Alianna, who has mental-health issues, got onto an RTA bus about 6:45 a.m. Thursday in the 3400 block of East 149th Street.
She got off the bus on her way to school and was last seen at East 93rd and Kinsman. She was captured on a surveillance video getting off the bus and walking near McDonald’s at the intersection about 6:52 a.m., police said.
She never made it to the restaurant.
The FBI, the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Adult Parole Authority all assisted Cleveland police in investigating the case.
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