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April 2, 2008

Woman held without bail in fatal stabbing of ex-boyfriend

PROVIDENCE -- A 21-year-old woman accused of stabbing her former boyfriend to death was ordered held without bail by a Superior Court judge today.

According to the police, Misty Ospina, of 935 Pontiac Ave., Cranston, allegedly stabbed Richard Gibson, 22, of Pawtucket, on Feb. 1 in his apartment after the two argued.

Gibson was the father of Ospina’s eight-month-old baby. Ospina was dropping the baby off in the morning when the stabbing occurred. The baby and Gibson’s girlfriend were in the room during the stabbing, according to the police. Gibson later died at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island.

Ospina’s bail hearing began Tuesday and was continued today. Superior Court Judge Francis J. Darigan Jr. ordered Ospina held without bail, according to Michael Healy, the spokesman for the attorney general. Ospina is being represented by Paul J. DiMaio, of Providence.

Ospina has been held at the ACI since her arrest. She was indicted Feb. 29 and pleaded not guilty at her arraignment March 4. A pretrial conference before Darigan is scheduled for April 14.

-- Journal staff writer Tatiana Pina

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