Overview
- Alyssa Partsch, who pleaded guilty Wednesday in Suffolk Superior Court, was sentenced to 15 to 20 years in state prison.
- Prosecutors said the July 2023 killing followed a series of social media threats and that the two women had not met before that night.
- Surveillance video showed Partsch confront 21-year-old Jazreanna Sheppard near the Park Street MBTA stop by Boston Common with a knife.
- Prosecutors said Partsch stabbed Sheppard multiple times during the fight, fled the scene, and Sheppard was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
- Relatives delivered emotional statements in court, saying Sheppard was a loving young mother whose son will grow up without her.