Victim identified in Chinatown slaying

By Michael Naughton, Globe Correspondent

Boston police have identified the man who was fatally stabbed yesterday inside an apartment in a Chinatown building as 28-year-old Edward Quiles of Boston.

Quiles was found stabbed inside a second-floor apartment in The Metropolitan at 1 Nassau St. at about 1:40 p.m.

Shortly after they arrived, police located Anthony Chambers, 51, of Boston, near the scene and arrested him. Chambers pleaded not guilty today to murder during his arraignment in Boston Municipal Court.

Law enforcement officials would not say if Quiles and Chambers knew each other or why Quiles was stabbed.

"It remains under investigation," said Jake Wark, a spokesman for Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley.

Quiles' slaying is the 10th in the city this year. At this time last year, there were four murders.

Chambers was ordered held without bail. He is due back in court next month for a pretrial conference.

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