White Sisters Stabbed Through the Lungs by Black Just Days Before Wedding

WDRB
August 28, 2015

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Sherrie Snader was supposed to be getting married in five days time, now she and her sister Melissa Snader are in hospital with punctured lungs.

man is behind bars, accused of stabbing two sisters in Louisville for a bachelorette party. One of the victims is the bride-to-be.

The sisters are recovering at U of L Hospital. Their father says they are in pain, but overall in good spirits.

This man police believe is responsible for the stabbings is 45-year-old Kalief Cummings. Cummings was arrested around 2 a.m. today and is charged with two counts of first degree assault. Police believe he stabbed the women near S. 3rd Street and W. Liberty Street.

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Kalief Cummings stabbed both of them while they were out looking for somewhere to eat.

The victims are 21-year-old Melissa Snader and 27-year-old Sherrie Snader. Sherrie is the bride-to-be.

Their father, Richard Snader, says the group spent the night at Fourth Street before returning to the Econo Lodge. Part of the group was on the way to get something to eat when the stabbings occurred.

Both have punctured lungs.

He calls the crime ‘sick.’