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Man, 56, charged in deadly stabbing at Baltimore home

BALTIMORE -- A 56-year-old man is under arrest in the stabbing death of another man at his Baltimore apartment, authorities said.

Jeffrey Chaney is charged with first- and second-degree murder and first- and second-degree assault, among other offenses, in the killing of 50-year-old Peter Riley, Baltimore Police said Monday.

Officers called to Chaney's West Lexington Street home shortly after 6 p.m. July 28 found Riley stabbed multiple times inside the apartment, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators found Chaney inside the apartment and recovered a weapon believed to have been used in the stabbing.

Chaney was taken into custody a day later and is being held without bond while awaiting court proceedings.

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