Akailah Hicks' 19th birthday celebrations started with a party among friends and family at a rented Kenner home but ended with her in handcuffs after authorities say she stabbed her boyfriend to death with a kitchen knife.

Hicks was arrested Monday morning, her birthday, and booked with second-degree murder, obstruction of justice and possession of marijuana, according to Kenner Police Deputy Chief Mark McCormick.

The Jefferson Parish Coroner's Office identified the victim as Keenan Dyas, 21, of New Orleans.

The stabbing was reported about 7:24 a.m. at house in the 400 block of Holy Cross Place , McCormick said. Hicks dialed 911 to report that Dyas had been stabbed.

Officers arrived and found him lying on the ground in the backyard, with a stab wound to his chest. They performed lif

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