TOWN OF CAIRO – A Saugerties woman is in the Greene County Jail charged with murder.
State Police said Amber Akins, 40, allegedly stabbed Crystal Borne, 39, of Cairo, to death after a brief altercation.
Police were called to a Lake Mills Road, Cairo address just after 1 a.m. on Friday. They located Borne, who had been stabbed, and attempted life saving measures, but she succumbed to her wounds.
Akins was arraigned and remanded without bail.
The Greene County Sheriff’s office, District Attorney’s Office and Coroner’s Office, as well as State Police Troop F Forensic Investigation Unit assisted in the investigation.
