Mother of stabbing victim: ‘As a parent that was a worst nightmare’

Aaniya Coley, 17, is on the mend after being stabbed multiple times — including wounds that punctured her lungs — in the University of Arizona’s main library on Aug. 19, law enforcement said. Her mother, Christine Lindsey, says the high school senior is “healing and can’t wait to get back to school.”

“This is her senior year,” said Christine Lindsey, Coley’s mother. “So, you know, this is a big milestone for her.”

Lindsey was at work at Banner University Medical Center on Aug. 19 when she received the news that her daughter had been attacked. Police allege that Coley’s boyfriend, 17-year-old Andryes Luis Arias, carried out the stabbing inside the university’s main library before being taken into custody…

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