BATON ROUGE – The Baton Rouge Police Department said a 23-year-old woman died due to a stabbing on Old Hammond Highway, with the suspect setting himself on fire afterward.
Police said they responded around 2:13 a.m. Thursday to Stasy Charles, 23, lying in the parking lot in the 12000 block of Old Hammond Highway with several severe stab wounds. She was taken to a local hospital and died during surgery.
Officers also responded to a crash nearby, where they determined Steven Heinrich Jr. was involved in both the crash and stabbing…