Kinaya Byrd, 2nd Grade Teacher, Stabbed to Death by Boyfriend Dana McFarlane During Altercation

Dana McFarlane, stabbed his girlfriend, Kinaya Schenese Byrd, to death Friday during an altercation in her home in Stockbridge, Ga. Byrd, 34, was a second grade teacher at River's Edge Elementary School in Clayton County. McFarlane, who has been charged with murder, is sitting in the Henry County jail.

According to WSB-TV, Jason Bolton, Henry County police captain, said McFarlane was driving in Rockdale County when he stopped a sheriff's lieutenant and turned himself in.

Kinaya Byrd,'s funeral will be held on Friday. My thoughts and prayers go out to her family. Domestic violence continues to cut across all socioeconomic levels. It continues to be a real problem in our society. This is such a tragedy.

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