Family members on Wednesday identified the man who was fatally stabbed in his north Minneapolis home, and they say his 14-year-old daughter is suspected of carrying out the killing.
Christopher L. Hoskins Sr., 48, was the father of eight children, said Coriel Lowery, a niece.
Police say the stabbing occurred about 5 p.m. Tuesday at the home in the 3200 block of 6th Street N. Hoskins was found inside, taken to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale and died there.
Hoskins died from a stab wound to the chest, the Hennepin County medical examiner's office said late Wednesday.
The girl was arrested, taken to a hospital for evaluation and was booked into the county juvenile detention center on suspicion of murder. Audio from police dispatch a few hours after the incident revealed that the girl was having an anxiety attack.
Cynthia Hoskins, the victim's sister, said it was Hoskins' 14-year-old daughter who was arrested. Charges have yet to be filed.
The state sees very few suspects this young or younger accused of murder. Since 2001, there have been eight people 14 and younger charged with murder in Minnesota and none since 2013, a state judicial branch spokesman said. The youngest charged was 12, with that prosecution occurring in 2007.
"It's unbelievable, I'm still trying to understand," Cynthia Hoskins said. "I can't believe his daughter would do this. She's a young girl who loved her daddy so much. That was the love of his heart, and her dad was the love of her heart."
