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Woman arrested for November murder in Ramsay Park

Boston Police report arresting the woman they say fatally stabbed Celia Simmons in Ramsay Park in Roxbury on Nov. 16.

Fugitive-unit officers found and arrested Rasheedah Hughes, 40, of Boston, on Hammond Street, not far from the park, police say.

She is scheduled for arraignment on Monday on a charge of murder, police say.

Update: The Suffolk County District Attorney's office provided this account:

Assistant District Attorney Kaitlin Tolbert said that at about 12:48 p.m. on Saturday, November 16 Boston police responded to a call at Ramsey Park on Washington Street for a person stabbed. Responding officers found Simmons suffering from numerous stab wounds. Tolbert said Hughes and Simmons were both at the park when an altercation occurred between them, during which Hughes allegedly brandished a box cutter and Simmons hit her with a cane. Hughes then left the park and returned some time later carrying what witnesses described as a large knife. She then stabbed Simmons repeatedly. Tolbert said Hughes was identified through eyewitnesses, video, and various circumstantial means.

Innocent, etc.

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