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Courtney Weatherburne reporting
A friendly Sunday night visit turned deadly for 19 year old Anna Villanueva.

Villanueva was walking down 4th Street North when she saw her friend who lives at this house. Villanueva stopped by and they stood in front of the house to catch up. That's when another girl, 19 year old Zeyna Armstrong, showed up and started to tantalize them.

Voice of: Friend
"She was right here outside with me the chill, talk, have a good time. So now Ana ask me to use bathroom and after that, Ana come outside and the girl said you, tonight I will dog you out you."

"So every minute the person was provoking us, every minute she pass, she pass with her baby, left her baby home and come back, she reach the lane and turned back and she confront Anna and I hold Ana hand, Ana had two pint bottle in her hand, I tell Anna don't do it, don't do it, leave her alone, we no want have no problem. So now, Anna come…the young girl tell her hand to hand, I tell the girl leave Ana alone, just go your way, leave Ana, leave Ana, I tell her no, Ana fight with me and she say I am tired of her taking me lightly."

Despite those pleas and attempts to avoid any altercation, the two girls charged at each other.

Voice of: Friend
"She punched Anna, Anna fight with me until I let her go and Ana start beat her and I the try let go them, and I am trying to shout for help because I am trying to part them because she was choking Ana and Anna the say she the choke, she the choke me so I try part them off, the young girl kick me so I punch her and now the 3 of us are fighting and finally Ana ended up letting go and when she let go from Anna, she told her right now you will reach at hospital, she told Ana right now ambulance will come for you."

And the ambulance did eventually come because during the fight, Armstrong allegedly stabbed Villanueva in the chest. Villanueva's friend didn't see when Armstrong struck Villanueva; she only realized Villanueva was injured until she collapsed on the street.

Voice of: Friend
"When I see Ana run, she ran, when she ran, I see she kneel down and she is trying to catch her breath and BAM, Ana drop."

"And that is when I see blood so I open her blouse and check and I see a dig around her heart, I don't know what to do and Ana lay down and I hurry grab the bike and ride to the police station and I tell police hurry come, hurry, they took long but no matter what, it was her heart she stabbed her, it was a quick death."

Villanueva's friend said this fatal attack is the result of a long standing rivalry between the two teenagers. The report is that the girl is very jealous and accused Villanueva among other girls of flirting or having relations with her boyfriend. Now Villanueva's friend is afraid for her life.

Voice of: Friend
"It happened long time, Ana always told people about Zeyna, it has been happening a long time, it's not just now but I didn't know it would have ended up there."

"They are already threatening me, her family is already threatening me."

"She used to tell my babies things, she used to tell my mother things and one time she was going around saying my sister is messing with her man and my sister doesn't want those kinds of men. Trust me, my sister no want them and that is the entire thing, to be honest, she is just a provoking young girl."

Courtney Weatherburne, reporter
"And I guess in this case she also thought Ana wanted her man or something like that?"

Voice of: Friend
"Maybe, I don't really want to get involved, as I said, they are already threatening me I don't want to get into those issue there whatever happened outside it is them, it was their affair, what they had was their thing."

And now whatever issues the two girls had with each other is done and unfortunately, Villanueva paid the ultimate price. Villanueva's friend says last night was the first time they hung out and Villanueva was talking about her career goals which are now just words in the wind:

Voice of: Friend
"I never say Ana you know let's go to dance, from she move out we never hang out, until last night, never hang until last night we were talking, she was telling me all of her problems she was going through. And she was a young girl who wanted something good in life, she wanted to be a nurse really bad, she was trying to get her visa so she could go abroad, everything she was telling me, we were having a good time, everything that she was going through she told me I didn't know it would have been the last."

Villanueva's family has suffered great loss recently after their house was destroyed by fire. Villanueva's sister received burns in that fire. Villanueva's father also died a couple months ago, and now she has been murdered.