Columbus police looking for homicide suspect in August stabbing

Columbus police are looking for a woman charged with murder in a fatal August stabbing, according to a release on Tuesday.

Vivian Fletcher, 35, is wanted by police on one count of murder and one count of possession of a knife during the commission of a crime, according to a Columbus Police Department release. The charges are related to the fatal stabbing of Antonio Blanding on Aug. 8.

Around 2:30 a.m. that day, officers responded to the area of 32nd Avenue between Cusseta Road and Lee Street in reference to a stabbing. Upon arrival, they found Blanding, 31, who later died of his injuries.

Fletcher is known to be in the area of Cusseta Road and 28th Avenue. Anyone who has contact with her should use “extreme caution,” the release states.

Anyone with information about Blanding’s death or Fletcher’s whereaouts is asked to call 911 or contact Det. Matt Sitler at 706-225-4367 or Msitler@columbusga.org.