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Man sought in Chester woman's fatal stabbing

Delaware County and Chester police were searching Sunday for a Chester man after a woman was found fatally stabbed Saturday in a house in the 300 block of West 22d Street, said Capt. Stephen Fox, head of the city's detective division.

Delaware County and Chester police were searching Sunday for a Chester man after a woman was found fatally stabbed Saturday in a house in the 300 block of West 22d Street, said Capt. Stephen Fox, head of the city's detective division.

The suspect, Tyrone Blake, 49, had been living there with the woman, Fox said. Police would not release her name pending notification of relatives.

Her body was found under a bed in a second-floor front bedroom, Fox said. Paramedics from Crozer Chester Medical Center pronounced the woman dead at the scene. - Chris Mondics