A 16-year-old New York boy was sentenced Thursday to nine years to life in prison for his role in the murder of 18-year-old Barnard student Tessa Majors in 2019. Luchiano Lewis, who was 14 when he and two other teens attempted to rob Majors in Morningside Park, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree robbery …
New York police announced on Saturday the arrest of 14-year-old Rashaun Weaver for the stabbing death of Barnard College student Tessa Majors on December 11, the New York Times reported. Majors, 18, was stabbed multiple times in Morningside Park that evening in what police believe was a mugging that turned into a murder when Majors …
Investigators have identified a possible motive for why New York City college student Tessa Majors was killed earlier this month: she fought back against her attackers. The New York Post, citing anonymous police sources, reports that the mugging turned into a murder after Majors bit one of the perpetrator’s fingers, prompting him to stab her to death. “She bit him, …
A 14-year-old boy implicated in the December 11 stabbing murder of 18-year-old Tessa Majors was questioned and released on Thursday after he’d been located earlier in the day, New York police said. Police had been searching for the boy after a 13-year-old was arrested in connection with the murder and named two 14-year-olds, one of …
Family and friends gathered to say goodbye on Saturday to Tessa Majors, the college freshman who was stabbed to death last week in New York City. CNN reports that more than 1,000 people attended a private ceremony for Majors at St. Anne’s-Belfield School in Charlottesville, Virginia, her hometown. “This broad spectrum of people that Tess knew …
A 31-year-old man allegedly threatened to shoot one of the teens accused in the murder of New York City college student Tessa Majors, the Hartford Courant reports. Police on Friday arrested Trevor Spring of Mystic, Connecticut, after he posted the threat Thursday on Reddit. “I do believe that’s black kids murdered her though,” Spring wrote in the post, according …
New York police released photos Friday of a 14-year-old boy wanted for questioning in the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Tessa Majors in Upper Manhattan on December 11, asking for help from the public to find him. Police have not called him a suspect but have been searching for him after a 13-year-old boy who has …
The second suspect in the murder of 18-year-old Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors has been released for lack of evidence, the New York Post reported Saturday. The 14-year-old remains a suspect, a source told the paper, “but they want more evidence. They want a stronger case.” As CrimeOnline previously reported, a 13-year-old boy has been …
UPDATE: 7:15 p.m. Police said that two teenagers hauled in for questioning in connection with the murder of 18-year-old Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors have now been released after detectives cleared them as suspects. Earlier, NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison confirmed to NBC News on that the teens were being questioned with guardians present. …
Tessa Majors was a musician at the college and had recently released an album
