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14-yr.-old Bronx girl stabbed to death; mother's boyfriend nabbed after her sister calls 911
Originally Published:Friday, May 21st 2010, 9:41 AM
Updated: Friday, May 21st 2010, 3:04 PM
A 14-year-old girl was stabbed to death in the Bronx and her little sister helped cops nab the suspect, an ex-con who their mother invited to stay at their apartment.
The night of violence late Thursday followed two days of arguing between Keisha Austin, 36, and her on-again, off-again boyfriend. Austin invited Christopher Ezell, 35, to stay at her Melrose apartment earlier this week and then changed her mind.
They jawed over his presence and over her daughter, Emonee Williams.
"I heard them upstairs arguing around 11 that the mother doesn't control her," neighbor Malika Stephenson, 31, said.
"He was yelling at the mother about Emonee that she doesn't control her, that she don't care about anything. Then I saw the mother leave."
The mom stormed out of the apartment leaving behind Ezell, her adult sister and her four children - a pair of 2-year-old twins, a 9-year-old girl and Emonee.
At some point, Ezell booted the sister from the apartment. About 11:45 p.m., the hot-headed homeless man set in on Emonee, police said.
She was stabbed more than 20 times and died in the living room, as her twin brothers slept. Emonee's 9-year-old sister, Jazmine, woke up and came out of her bedroom, a police source said.
She may have seen part of the attack. Ezell, who is Jazmine's father, assured the younger girl that "everything's going to be okay" and motioned her back into her bedroom, the police source said.
The suspect ran from the apartment and Jazmine called 911. Police said the 9-year-old gave police a description of her father. He was arrested about a half mile away.
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Emonee liked to dance and to draw cartoon characters, friends said.
Police had been to the apartment at least twice before the Thursday night attack. They came in Decemeber after Austin complained that Ezell had been calling and harassing her. In March 2005, police were called to squash an argument between the the two. Neither case involved Emonee and no one was arrested.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_...mom_heard_yelling_over_con.html#ixzz0ob7KrPZ4
Originally Published:Friday, May 21st 2010, 9:41 AM
Updated: Friday, May 21st 2010, 3:04 PM
A 14-year-old girl was stabbed to death in the Bronx and her little sister helped cops nab the suspect, an ex-con who their mother invited to stay at their apartment.
The night of violence late Thursday followed two days of arguing between Keisha Austin, 36, and her on-again, off-again boyfriend. Austin invited Christopher Ezell, 35, to stay at her Melrose apartment earlier this week and then changed her mind.
They jawed over his presence and over her daughter, Emonee Williams.
"I heard them upstairs arguing around 11 that the mother doesn't control her," neighbor Malika Stephenson, 31, said.
"He was yelling at the mother about Emonee that she doesn't control her, that she don't care about anything. Then I saw the mother leave."
The mom stormed out of the apartment leaving behind Ezell, her adult sister and her four children - a pair of 2-year-old twins, a 9-year-old girl and Emonee.
At some point, Ezell booted the sister from the apartment. About 11:45 p.m., the hot-headed homeless man set in on Emonee, police said.
She was stabbed more than 20 times and died in the living room, as her twin brothers slept. Emonee's 9-year-old sister, Jazmine, woke up and came out of her bedroom, a police source said.
She may have seen part of the attack. Ezell, who is Jazmine's father, assured the younger girl that "everything's going to be okay" and motioned her back into her bedroom, the police source said.
The suspect ran from the apartment and Jazmine called 911. Police said the 9-year-old gave police a description of her father. He was arrested about a half mile away.
snip
Emonee liked to dance and to draw cartoon characters, friends said.
Police had been to the apartment at least twice before the Thursday night attack. They came in Decemeber after Austin complained that Ezell had been calling and harassing her. In March 2005, police were called to squash an argument between the the two. Neither case involved Emonee and no one was arrested.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_...mom_heard_yelling_over_con.html#ixzz0ob7KrPZ4