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Cobey Mishler Charged In Alleged Fatal Stabbing Of Seth Abbey In Salsibury

SALISBURY, Md. -- Police have arrested the suspect believed to have fatally stabbed a man in Wicomico County.

18-year-old Cobey Mishler, of Salisbury, is charged with first and second-degree murder, first and second-degree assault and reckless endangerment.


Credit: Maryland State Police 

State troopers received a call about a stabbing in an apartment complex in the 1000 block of Beaglin Park Drive around 10 p.m. Sunday.

Maryland State Police conducted a search of the area but did not find the suspects.

State Troopers said Abbey was with his girlfriend when three men approached his girlfriend on bicycles.

Shortly after, an altercation took place between Abbey and the three suspects.

When Troopers and EMS arrived, they found 18-year-old Seth Abbey suffering from stab wounds.

Abbey was transported to the Peninsula Regional Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead.

He was then transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy.


Written By WJZ Apprentice Ju'waun Morgan

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