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Maryland man charged in stabbing that left 5-year-old girl, woman dead and two others seriously injured in York County

5-year-old girl, woman stabbed to death in Hopewell Township
5-year-old girl, woman stabbed to death in Hopewell Township 00:27

HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS) -- A 5-year-old girl and a woman are dead and two others suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a home in York County, Pennsylvania State Police said Tuesday. Troopers responded to the stabbing around 7:15 p.m. Monday on the first block of Firebox County in Hopewell Township where they took 31-year-old Keith Kretzer, of Edgewood, Maryland, into custody. 

Police say 31-year-old Christine Fousek, of Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, and a 5-year-old girl were pronounced dead on the scene. The identity of the child is not being released. 

Two other victims, Christine Fousek, 63, and Joseph Fousek, 28, were transported to a local hospital with serious injuries. 

Kretzer is charged with two counts of criminal homicide and two counts of criminal attempted homicide.

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