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November 20, 2015
Based on what I know about Blacks, I think it’s safe to assume it was self-defense.
A Leominster woman indicted in the murder of her boyfriend in June was ordered held without bail during her recent arraignment in Superior Court, according court documents.
Stephanie L. Cruz, 28, pleaded not guilty to murdering Cedric Taylor, 37, in the third-floor apartment the couple shared at 156 Water St., on June 10.
Superior Court Judge James R. Lemire ordered Cruz held without bail and continued the case until Dec. 2.
Taylor was killed just hours after being released from jail on a charge of domestic assault and battery that involved Cruz.
When Cruz failed to appear to testify in the assault case, Taylor was released from custody on June 10.
During Cruz’s arraignment, state Trooper Kevin Dwyer testified that Taylor died as a result of 21 stab wounds that included injuries to his “heart, lung, neck, torso and back, among others.”
Dwyer also testified that Cruz called 911 the morning after the stabbing, June 11, and told dispatchers Taylor was dead.
“Cruz indicated that Mr. Taylor had ‘lunged’ at her and she stabbed him in self-defense,” Dwyer said in the affidavit he presented to the court during Cruz’s arraignment.
Dwyer said the 911 operator asked Cruz if Taylor had died right away.
“No” was the answer Cruz gave the dispatcher, according to Dwyer.
She told the dispatcher, according to Dwyer’s affidavit, that she did not call earlier “because she did not want to get in trouble or go to jail.
”After Cruz was detained prior to her initial court appearance in Leominster District Court, a forensic scientist with the state police crime lab examined her and reported that she had red marks on left hand, scratches on her left wrist, red marks on the front of her neck and upper arms, and a scratch on the inside of her left elbow.
Also included in documents submitted to the court during Cruz’s arraignment was a description of the apartment where Taylor’s body was found by police.
A state forensic scientist reported that Taylor’s body was on the apartment’s floor in front of a sofa and that several of his wounds were clearly visible.
The forensic scientist also reported finding what appeared to be blood stains on the apartment’s kitchen floor, counters and kitchen table, in the bathroom and its sink, on a pile of towels, socks and clothing, and on the sofa that was behind Taylor’s body.
Two knives were recovered from the apartment, according to court documents. One of the knives, covered in what appeared to be blood stains, was found in the kitchen sink, and another was found underneath a cushion on the couch. A wash cloth, also covered with blood stains, was found near the couch, according to the court documents.
During Cruz’s appearance in court, Assistant District Attorney Cheryl R. Riddle asked Lemire to have Cruz provide a DNA sample to the state. Lemire has yet to rule on the state’s request for the DNA sample.
Cruz remains in custody at the Western Massachusetts Regional Women’s Correctional Center in Chicopee.
