Deane Stryker
Deane Stryker
Deane Stryker
Deane Kenny Stryker was a student residing in Winchester, Massachusetts. [1]
Personal Life & Education
Stryker had been in her first year of a medical program at the University of New England. [1]
She graduated from Winchester High School (Massachusetts). Friends recalled Stryker as a young woman committed to helping others as a physician and who as a teen had worked caring for children both for the society and at the local Temple Shir Tikvah.
Death
On Saturday February 24, 2018, Stryker was fatally stabbed to death while she sat at the Winchester Public Library. [1]
She was in the library when Jeffrey Yao stabbed her with a 10-inch hunting knife. Yao also injured a 72-year-old man when he intervened and aided Stryker. He is expected to survive. [1]
Police are still investigating the killing.
They are trying to determine if Yao knew Stryker.