Former Penn State player charged with stabbing student to death

Wednesday, January 17th 2007, 9:00 am

By: News On 6

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) _ A former Penn State defensive lineman was arraigned on charges of first- and third-degree murder in the killing of a student who was stabbed 93 times last spring.

LaVon Chisley, 23, of Waldorf, Md., was arrested Tuesday after arriving at the Centre County courthouse for a hearing related to the murder investigation. He had been considered a ``person of interest'' in the death of Langston Carraway for months.

Patton Township Police Chief John Petrick said Chisley was jailed without bail.

Chisley was booted off the Penn State football team before the 2005 season because of poor grades. After starting nine games in 2003, Chisley was mainly a reserve in 2004.

The body of Carraway, 26, a senior in labor and industrial relations, was discovered inside his State College apartment on June 5.

Defense attorney Karen Muir said Chisley denies involvement in the killing.

``He can't reconcile why it is he is being charged,'' Muir said. ``He is saddened at that loss, at the loss of a friend.''