December 13, 2023 - Charges have been filed against a suspect arrested in the fatal stabbing of a woman at 5100 West Alabama Street about 11:10 a.m. on Saturday (Dec. 9).

The suspect, Kaysone Sky Blossom, 37, is charged with capital murder in the 230th State District Court. A booking photo of Blossom is attached to this news release.

She is accused in the death of Kayla Stevenson, 17.

HPD Homicide Division Sergeant B. Roberts and Detective L. Lange reported:

Officers were flagged down by citizens regarding a disturbance in the street at the above address. Officers arrived and observed Ms. Stevenson on a sidewalk. She was unresponsive and suffering from stab wounds. Paramedics pronounced her deceased at the scene.

Detectives learned Stevenson was walking to work when she was robbed and stabbed multiple times. Witnesses described the suspect as an Asian female, 25 to 35 years old, wearing black clothing and riding a blue “cruiser style” bicycle.

Further investigation and tips from members of the community identified Blossom as the suspect in this incident.

HPD SWAT team officers arrested Blossom without incident at her residence in the 10200 block of Beechnut Street today (Dec. 13). She was subsequently charged and booked into the Harris County Jail.