CHICAGO — A 26-year-old woman who was stabbed at a downtown Chicago train platform uttered the name of her attacker before dying, police said Monday.Police announced a murder charge against a 31-year-old man who was arrested Saturday, roughly 13 hours after the early morning incident.The victim, whose name wasn’t released, was attacked as a train approached at an elevated platform in the Loop and stabbed repeatedly around 1:30 a.m. She ran down stairs to street level and collapsed.”The key piece of evidence in this case came from the victim herself,” said Eric Carter, police first deputy superintendent. “She named … the offender before she succumbed to her injuries.”They had a prior relationship, Carter said.The man was due in court Monday.
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