Police seek killer of 14-year-old girl

COLUMBUS, Ind. – Police were seeking clues Saturday in the slaying of a 14-year-old girl who was found stabbed to death in an apartment.\nInvestigators did not believe that eighth-grader Chelsea Porter was the victim of a random attack. A day after her death, police said there were no suspects and no arrests had been made.\nPorter was found dead shortly after 3 a.m. Friday in an apartment on the east side of the city of about 39,000 people 40 miles south of Indianapolis. Bartholomew County Coroner Larry Fisher said the girl died of massive bleeding from several stab wounds.\nA preliminary autopsy found no other noticeable injuries, Fisher said. The coroner said he did not know what type of sharp instrument was used to stab Porter. A forensic pathologist was scheduled to perform a detailed examination, but results might not be available for several weeks.\nThe killing was the first in nearly a year in Bartholomew County.\n"We're not going to rest easy until we have the person or persons responsible and we know what happened," said Columbus police Capt. Matt Myers. "This is upsetting to the community. We've got a lot of other people who want this solved besides the police."\nHe urged anyone with information to contact police, saying they could remain anonymous.\nPorter, who attended Central Middle School, did not live in the apartment where her body was found but was staying with a family friend to help prepare for a birthday party, family members said.\nShe had moved to Alabama earlier this year but returned to Columbus following the deaths of her great-grandmother and grandfather. She was the third person in her family to die within a month.\n"We're drained," said her father, Ray Porter.\nRelatives and neighbors described Chelsea Porter as a "good girl" who loved small children and makeup.\n"She was a good girl," said Christy Hibbs, who lives two houses south of the apartment building. "She'd come over, play with my kids, spend the night at my house."\nHibbs said her son is close to the girl's age and knew her.\n"He said, 'Mom, she didn't even drive,'" Hibbs said. "This was a 14-year-old kid. She hasn't even lived her life yet"