By Elizabeth Mohr
emohr@pioneerpress.com
Updated: 01/30/2010 07:43:37 PM CST
Phillip Eugene Elphage, 19, of St. Paul, who was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of stabbing a 17-year-old St. Paul boy to death. Elphage is accused of trying to break into an ex-girlfriend's home, where he confronted and killed Darius Derrick Maxwell. (Ramsey County Sheriff's Office)
The 17-year-old boy who was stabbed to death overnight had confronted someone breaking into the home of his girlfriend, St. Paul police said today.
Darius Derrick Maxwell, of St. Paul, was in a residence in the 700 block of East Maryland Avenue around midnight, when Phillip Eugene Elphage tried to break in, police said.
"The preliminary investigation indicates that after Elphage broke into the home he confronted Maxwell about being the female resident's boyfriend and began to stab him," the police department said in a prepared statement.
Maxwell was stabbed multiple times, but managed to escape. Responding authorities found him outside the home and transported him to Regions Hospital, where he was pronouced dead about an hour later.
No one else was injured.
Elphage was arrested withough incident at the scene. He remains in custody. Police are not looking for any other suspects.
Investigators learned that the female resident, who has not been identified, had a prior relationship with Elphage. She has a restraining order against him, which was served in December.
TwinCities.com will post updates as they are available.
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