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Woman stabbed her identical twin to death, police say. A judge ordered her jailed until trial.

Amanda Ramirez was ordered held for trial for fatally stabbing her identical twin sister, Anna, Saturday morning. She gave police conflicting accounts of what caused the dispute.

Amanda Ramirez cries during a detention hearing on June 27, 2019 in Camden, N.J. She is charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter for allegedly stabbing her identical twin sister, Anna. Judge Edward J. McBride Jr. ordered Ramirez to remain in jail until her trial.
Amanda Ramirez cries during a detention hearing on June 27, 2019 in Camden, N.J. She is charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter for allegedly stabbing her identical twin sister, Anna. Judge Edward J. McBride Jr. ordered Ramirez to remain in jail until her trial.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer