El Dorado County teen accused of murder

By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee

An 18-year-old is in jail on suspicion of homicide after the stabbing death of another young man Wednesday night in El Dorado County.

El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies said they responded to the area of Brown’s Road and Cold Springs Road, just north of Placerville, about 4pm Wednesday where they were told a person had been stabbed.

They were also told that the person who stabbed 20-year-old Matthew Steele of Auburn had fled on foot. Paramedics arrived and transferred Steele to Marshall Hospital where he died about two hours later.

Deputies took Wesley Hampshire, 18, of Placerville into custody at his home on Brown’s Road. He was later booked into county jail on suspicion of homicide.

Details on what lead up to the stabbing were not available.