A 22-year-old woman who graduated from DePaul University in June was stabbed just steps from the Lincoln Park campus early Thursday and was in critical condition, authorities said.
The woman, with cuts to her face and neck, was found about 3:45 a.m. in the 2300 block of North Halsted Street, Chicago police said.
She was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition, police said.
The woman graduated with a bachelor’s degree in anthropology, said Carol Hughes, a DePaul spokeswoman.
Julia Violini awoke Thursday morning, stepping out on to her balcony to find police cruisers in her alley and blood staining the ground.
“It looked like someone was shot — by the amount of blood,” said Violini, 28, a nanny. “I literally walk through that alley every day and night.”
She said her landlord has multiple surveillance cameras, including ones that point toward the alley where the stabbing happened.
Violini, who has lived in the neighborhood for about nine years, was not particularly taken aback by Thursday’s gruesome occurrence.
“It’s Chicago. It’s not exactly a surprise,” she said. “Bad things happen in the summer.”
Elizabeth Fonger, 24, has lived in the area since October. Originally from Atlanta, Fonger, a real estate agent, said she chose the neighborhood because she thought it would be safe.
“It’s shocking,” she said.
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Contributing: Sun-Times Wire
