GUILTY NY - Tessa Majors, 18, Barnard College student, fatally stabbed, Manhattan, 11 Dec 2019 *13yo arrest

[borndem]

Teen accused of Tessa Majors' murder allegedly confessed to dad on recorded line

Teen accused of Tessa Majors' murder allegedly confessed to dad on recorded line - CNN

Thanks for the scary and maddening post, @eaglefan. It makes me shake with anger and want to cry thinking about that young woman, excited at being a student at a fine school like Barnard and meeting new friends and looking forward, and then being, however briefly, thank God, scared literally to death.
One more thing,

Welcome to Websleuths,
eaglefan !!​

 

[borndem]

Like others we have seen, this is just maddening. And what are the incarceration limits on these people who are young? Not enuff, I'm sure. SMH

A Wrongful Death suit could be done by her parents (2 year limit), but that wouldn't really hurt the offenders too much, but I would pursue it anyway, that is, if it can be done against a minor. IDK.
Maybe they have started one. It's something.

 

[MajorHoople]

Remembering Tess Majors

posted December 11, 2020

"Dear Members of the Barnard Community,

I write to you to mark the first anniversary of Tess Majors’ passing. For the Barnard community, the arrival of COVID-19 earlier this year was made worse by the fact that we were still reeling from this tragic loss just a few months earlier. I hope you can find time today to reflect on — and celebrate — Tess.

Tess was a daughter and a sister, a musician, creative writer, athlete and friend. She was excited to be at Barnard, and we, in turn, were thrilled to have her. One of her high school teachers once remarked that Tess’ “confidence allowed her to knit the world together within this school and outside of it.” Those fortunate enough to have gotten to know Tess in her short time at Barnard certainly saw that spirit."

"Making sense of such violent tragedy is a difficult and unending process. Today is a day to celebrate Tess, to recall how much she embraced a hopeful optimism that, working together, we can find unity in difference. I hope you’ll join me in continuing to be inspired by Tess Majors and, as one of her teachers said, working not just today but every day to knit the world together."

more at Remembering Tess Majors

 

[borndem]

Thanks, @MajorHoople.

 

[MajorHoople]

Cameras Coming To Morningside Park, Over A Year After Murder

posted Jul 28, 2021

HARLEM, NY — "Nearly two years after an 18-year-old student was killed in Morningside Park during a robbery, police-monitored security cameras will be installed in the park thanks to funding included in the new city budget.

The 2022 budget, passed by the City Council in June, includes $200,000 that will go toward four new cameras in the hilly, 30-acre park, which forms the border between Harlem and Morningside Heights.

The Argus brand cameras will be capable of streaming directly to the NYPD's 26th Precinct, City Councilmember Mark Levine told Patch. That is an upgrade from the handful of cameras already in the park, which cannot be watched in real-time.

It wasn't clear when the cameras would be installed. But the allocation fulfills a promise that Levine first made at a January 2020 community meeting, where neighbors tried to make sense of Tessa Majors' stabbing death weeks earlier."

 

[borndem]

Mmmm, great news and sad news at the same time.

 

[squareandrabbet]

Luchiano Lewis to plead guilty in Tessa Majors murder

 

[JerseyGirl]

Teenager Pleads Guilty in the Killing of Tessa Majors

 

[MajorHoople]

Boy, 16, pleads guilty to murder of Barnard student Tessa Majors during mugging in Manhattan park | Daily Mail Online

"One of three teens accused of killing Barnard student Tessa Majors during a mugging in 2019 has pleaded guilty to murder as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.

Luchiano Lewis, now 16, was just 14 years old when he and two friends allegedly attacked 18-year-old Majors in a New York City park.

Lewis on Tuesday pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree robbery in Manhattan Supreme Court, a spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said.

He will be sentenced on October 15th, according to local court records.

Lewis was trialed as as an adult despite being 14 at the time of the murder.

Weaver, who has not been trialed as of yet, faces the same counts as Lewis, whose agreement with local authorities is not considered as part of a plea deal, according to the New York Post.

Zyairr Davis, a 14-year-old boy, is the third boy involved in the attack.

He pleaded guilty as a juvenile last year to one count of first-degree robbery and was sentenced to 18 months in detention."

 

[borndem]

Good news about the bad, bad incident. Her parents still won't get their daughter back. At least there is some measure of justice here. SMH.

 

[MajorHoople]

It's not much punishment in my opinion.

A Suspect in Tessa Majors Murder Pleads Guilty

"16-year-old Luchiano Lewis pleding guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree robbery in the death of 18-year-old Tessa Majors, great niece of Former Vols Football Coach Johnny Majors. She was killed in 2019 in Manhatten’s Morningside Park, Lewis was 14 at the time. Suspect Raushaun Weaver pleaded not guilty in February 2020. He has a court date on October 18 during which a trial date is expected to be set. The other teen involved plead guilty to robbery charges and was sentenced last year to 18 months in juvenile detention."

 

[Gardenista]

This is unreal

Teen sentenced to 9 years to life for murder of Tessa Majors

 

[realanastasia]

Teenager Sentenced to 9 Years to Life in Killing of Tessa Majors

From the article:

The judge, Robert Mandelbaum, said before delivering the sentence that Mr. Lewis had repeatedly fought with others imprisoned at the juvenile detention center where he is being held, and that he had participated in the violent slashing of another prisoner.

“I agree that one bad choice — even one horrific choice — standing alone should not prevent leniency in the case of a young offender,” Justice Mandelbaum said. “But the defendant has demonstrated in a year and a half since this terrible incident that this was not an aberration.”

 

[MajorHoople]

Boy, 16, is sentenced to nine years to life for killing Barnard College student Tessa Majors | Daily Mail Online

"The family of a slain Bernard College student Tessa Majors described their 'immeasurable pain' in court as the teen who pleaded guilty to his role in her vicious stabbing murder was sentenced.

The family of Tessa Majors submitted an emotional victim impact statement on behalf of Tessa's father Inman Majors as a judge sentenced 16-year-old Luchiano Lewis to nine years to life in Manhattan criminal court on Thursday.

The statement, read aloud by Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos as Tessa's father openly wept in court, said 'the hopes and dreams of our daughter Tessa came to an end' on the day of her murder.

'Nearly two years later, we still find words inadequate to describe the immeasurable pain, trauma, and suffering that our family has endured since her senseless murder,' Tessa's father, an English professor at James Madison University, wrote. 'Tess was a brilliant student, a voracious reader, a poet and a fledgling journalist. She had big dreams."

 

[kaen]

This is unreal

Teen sentenced to 9 years to life for murder of Tessa Majors

With the current behavior pattern, he will never get out. It is shocking to see the 9 years but I don't believe he will be out any time soon.

 

[realanastasia]

Unbelievably, another Columbia University student has been stabbed to death in an area very near to where Tessa was viciously attacked: Columbia University Student Dies in Stabbing Near Campus

 

[borndem]

Thanks for the post, @realanastasia. Oh, what sad and horrible news. SMH.

OMG - This man was a true up-and-comer -- what an absolute tragedy for his family and the future that was ahead for Mr. Giri. What a horrible loss of life -- who knows what he may have been able to do with his apparent intelligence and education. SMH.

LE can't be everywhere all the time -- but this surely sounds like a dangerous location. Sounds like LE has the person responsible -- and so many questions spring from the horrible incident. Why? What's the big deal about this location? Sad, sad, sad. SMH.
Prayers for his family, friends, the university, and all of us.

...in a handbasket...as they say.

 

[MajorHoople]

NYC boy, 16, pleads guilty to murdering Barnard freshman Tessa Majors | Daily Mail Online

"The teenage boy who plunged the knife into the heart of 18-year-old Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors during a botched robbery when he 14 years old pleaded guilty to her murder on Thursday.

Rashaun Weaver, who is now 16, appeared before Judge Robert Mandelbaum in Manhattan Supreme Court this afternoon and entered a plea of guilty to second-degree murder in connection with Majors' brutal killing in 2019, which sent shockwaves through New York City.

Weaver also pleaded guilty to felony counts of robbery stemming from two unrelated incidents, including the violent attack on a man in East Harlem on Valentine's Day 2020, two months after the killing.

He faces 14 years to life in prison, the judge ruled on Thursday. "

"His high-powered lawyer, Jeffrey Lichtman, who took the case pro bono after representing Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, said his client is 'deeply remorseful."

"When Majors walked by, she was looking down at her phone, and Lewis and Weaver ran up behind her, kicking her in the back and demanding she hand over her phone and money, according to Lewis.

'Are you seriously trying to rob me?' Majors asked the trio, according to Lewis, who said that he stood by and watched, warning of potential witnesses, as Weaver wrestled the girl to the ground.

Majors yelled for help and attempted to fight off the three boys while Lewis held her in a headlock position. Lewis said that he knew Weaver had a knife and saw feathers flying from Majors' down jacket, but wasn't sure exactly when in the scuffle the stabbing occurred."

 

[borndem]

At least he's in prison -- 14 years to life... Wherever he is for the rest of his life, he'll be taking breaths that Tessa Majors has had no chance to do. I'm betting that he won't be a model prisoner... Glad that he decided to take a plea -- so that Tessa's family won't have to hear the selfish and hellish details of their young freshman Barnard student and daughter's last minutes of her young, short life.
Hoping they have found a way of getting through all of these days and found some type of peace.

 

[QPRfan]

Tessa Majors: Final suspect in Barnard freshman's murder case pleads guilty - CNN

"Prosecutors said that in determining what sentence to recommend for Weaver, they took into account his behavior at a juvenile detention facility called Crossroads where he's been held for nearly two years.

Bogdanos listed about a dozen incidents where Weaver allegedly assaulted counselors, or youth development specialists, who were tasked with working with Weaver at the facility.

Lichtman pushed back on the allegations of assaults on counselors by Weaver, emphasizing that the teen entered custody as Covid-19 lockdowns began to go into effect, making him unable to see his family and rarely able to speak to them, as he struggles to go through puberty in custody.

"It's not surprising that his adjustment at Crossroads wasn't as exemplary as we'd all hoped for," Lichtman said.

Let's not forget Weaver's family, well aware of the brainless, violent crime he committed against an innocent person, actively shielded him from arrest while the bite wounds inflicted by Tessa Majors healed. The "system" didn't fail Rashaun Weaver. His family did. In my opinion, they should be held accountable too. From where I sit, it is all but guaranteed that Weaver will commit further violent acts after his release, no matter how long that is.