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Berkeley Student Stabbed to Death

Posted May 5, 08 7:09 AM CDT in Crime & Courts 

(Newser) – A University of California-Berkeley senior was fatally stabbed after an ugly screaming match outside a sorority house, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. It wasn't immediately clear what the fight was about. A student who attends Berkeley City College and was seen tossing away a bloodied knife has confessed to the crime, according to police. Victim Christopher Wootton, a 21-year-old engineering honors student, had boasted of an earlier fraternity house fight on his MySpace page.

"It was some guy being belligerent and wanting to fight for no reason," said a friend. Wootton "was a happy, fun-loving guy and serious when he needed to be. He was out there because he worried about his friends."

Source San Francisco Chronicle

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