16-year-old's throat slashed in what appears to be murder-suicide.

Girl, 16, dies after throat cut in Northwest Baltimore

Police investigating possible connection to suicide report in North Baltimore

...A total of 20 women and girls have been killed in Baltimore this year, compared with 22 all of last year, 17 in all of 2011, and 19 in 2010.

Recent victims include 40-year-old Natasha Bates, killed along with her brother in a double shooting in West Baltimore on July 10; Lakeisha Vannison, who police say was killed by her boyfriend in the 1000 block of Pennsylvania Ave. on July 5; and Karolina Derezinska-Szkiluk, 38, who police say was killed by her estranged husband in Highlandtown on June 29. [current girlfriend chewed through ropes to get away]

In addition, Gennie Shird, 20, was one of three women shot on a porch in Northeast Baltimore on June 27, and Donyae Jones, 18, was one of five people shot on North Kenwood Avenue June 22....

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