Luisa Cutting, 21, has been identified as the Radford University student who allegedly stabbed and killed 20-year-old Radford student Alexa Cannon.
What Happened?
Reports indicate 21-year-old Luisa Ines Tudela Harris Cutting — from Jeffersonton, Virginia — allegedly stabbed 20-year-old Alexa Cannon “multiple times” with a butcher knife on Thursday, January 24.
According to the Radford City Police, when a call came in around 7:45 a.m. on Thursday, January 24 from the 1200 block of Clement Street, a dispatcher could hear a woman in the background yelling “and making reference to a knife.”
When police arrived at the scene, they were met by Cutting, who was “covered in blood” and saying “I killed her”:
Police knocked on the door of the apartment and were met by a woman covered in blood. She turned around and put her hands behind her back and said, “Arrest me,” the search warrant said.
When a police officer asked what was going on, the woman said “I killed her,” the search warrant said. The officer looked into the apartment and saw a woman with multiple stab wounds lying on the floor.
The woman on the floor had a butcher knife sticking out of her mouth, the search warrant said.
Cutting has since been charged with second-degree murder.
Who Is Luisa Cutting?
Luisa Cutting has been identified as the 21-year-old Radford University student who allegedly stabbed and killed fellow Radford student Alexa Cannon.
Radford University says that Cutting is on interim suspension at the school.
At the time of this writing, it is not clear whether Cutting had hired a lawyer. Additionally, while Cutting was reportedly scheduled to be arraigned on Friday, January 25, her arraignment was rescheduled.
Radford University Statement
Radford University President Brian Hemphill sent out the following campus-wide email on Thursday, January 24:
“Without question, this is a difficult day for our campus and our community. The days and months to come will also be difficult as we extend our deepest sympathies, as well as our thoughts and prayers, to the family and loved ones of our student.
Alexa was pursuing a degree in psychology and was planning to graduate next May. She was very involved on campus and was a proud member of several organizations. Like every Highlander, Alexa had a full life ahead of her, a life poised to make a great impact on those she would have encountered, the career she was pursuing and the communities in which she would have lived.
Please join me in expressing the Radford family’s deepest sympathies and lasting condolences to the Cannon family and all of those impacted by Alexa’s passing and this inexcusable and heinous act.”
Police have asked anyone who may have information about the murder to contact the Radford City Police Department at (540)-731-3624 or email crimestoppers@radfordva.gov .
