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Stabbing victim identified as 25-year-old woman

Police have released the name of the 25-year-old woman stabbed to death in Springfield this week. Police said Monique Van Zandt was stabbed multiple times at a home on Franklin Street on Tuesday night. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Her boyfriend, Van Dorsey Jr., has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges and is being held without bail pending a competency hearing. A court psychiatrist testified Dorsey, 27, was high on PCP the night of the killing and was a regular user of the drug. It was later revealed Dorsey has a history of domestic violence. (AP)