Edgewood man arrested, charged with double homicide after stabbing deaths of Pennsylvania woman, 5-year-old girl

Lilly Price, The Aegis, Bel Air, Md.
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Aug. 23—Pennsylvania State Police arrested an Edgewood man on Monday and charged him in the stabbing deaths of a a 5-year-old girl and 34-year-old woman in York County. Two others were injured in the crime.

Christine Fousek, of Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, and a 5-year-old girl were stabbed to death inside a house located at Firebox Court in Hopewell Township in York County. Police arrived around 7:30 p.m. and pronounced both dead at the scene. Two other people, Jacqueline Fousek, 63, and Joseph Fousek, 28, both of Stewartstown, were taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

Keith Kretzer, 31, faces two counts of homicide and two counts of attempted homicide. Police said he was taken into custody at the scene without incident. Kretzer is being held at York County Prison without bail. He did not have an attorney listed in online court records Tuesday.