A 20-year-old woman pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of manslaughter in the stabbing death of a 19-year-old woman in Chelsea in 2021, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office announced.
Ava Najafi, of Winthrop, pleaded guilty to killing Cyndell Rodriguez, 19, of Chelsea on Aug. 19, 2021, according to the district attorney’s office. She was sentenced to 12 to 14 years in prison with credit for time served.
Najafi, who was 17 at the time of the stabbing, has been held without bail since her arrest the following day.
