A girl will face Court after being charged following an investigation into a fatal stabbing at Lake Macquarie last night.
About 10.20pm yesterday (Monday 4 August 2025), emergency services were called to a home on Euston Close, Edgeworth, following reports of a stabbing.
Officers attached to Lake Macquarie Police District attended and found a teenage girl with an injury to her torso.
She was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to the John Hunter Hospital where she later died.
While yet to be formally identified, she is believed to be a 14-year-old girl.
A crime scene was established which was forensically examined by specialist officers.
Strike Force Aggnes, comprising detectives from Lake Macquarie Police District, with the assistance of the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad, was established to investigate the circumstances of the girl's death.
A 13-year-old girl was arrested at the scene. She was taken to Toronto Police Station where she was charged with murder.
She was refused bail and will appear in a Children's Court tomorrow (Wednesday 6 August 2025).
