Court Date Changed for Teen Accused in Fatal School Stabbing

"I did it. Just arrest me," Plaskon reportedly told authorities after the killing.

A Milford, Connecticut teen accused of stabbing his classmate to death inside a high school hours before the prom is due in court next month.

Christopher Plaskon, 17, is accused of stabbing and killing Maren Sanchez, 16, inside Jonathan Law High School in April. 

It was an attack some students said might have been motivated by anger that she would not go to the prom with him. He pleaded not guilty in June and was due in court on Jan. 21 for a status conference, but the court date was pushed back a couple days, to Jan. 23.

Christopher Plaskon made a brief court appearance on charges he murdered 16-year-old Maren Sanchez.

Plaskon, who has been charged as an adult with murder, waived a trial by jury and his case will instead go before a three-judge panel.

Maren Sanchez, a Jonathan Law junior, died following an altercation in a school hallway that occurred just after 7 a.m. Friday.

Plaskon has been held at Manson Youth Training Institute, a correctional facility in Cheshire for boys and young men between the ages of 12 and 19.

Police said the teen was spotted just moments after the April 25 stabbing with blood on his hands and clothing.

"I did it. Just arrest me," he told authorities, according to police paperwork.

According to the police report, investigators recovered a knife in the hallway, not far from where Sanchez was attacked.

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The medical examiner concluded that Sanchez died of stab wounds to the torso and neck and her death was ruled a homicide.

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