Tessa Majors
American student murder victim
Died when: 18 years 214 days (223 months)Star Sign: Taurus
The murder of Tessa Majors occurred near Morningside Park in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, on December 11, 2019.Majors, an eighteen-year-old student at Barnard College, was attacked and stabbed by three teenagers as part of a robbery.
Majors was discovered collapsed and bleeding on a staircase exiting Morningside Park and transported to a nearby hospital, ultimately succumbing to the injuries.
One of the suspects, a thirteen-year-old, was arrested the following day and charged with felony murder.Two months later, two fourteen-year-old suspects, Luchiano Lewis and Rashaun Weaver, were also charged with murder.
On June 3, 2020, the 13-year-old (since turned 14) pleaded guilty in family court to robbery in the first degree.On September 21, 2021, Lewis pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree robbery.
In December 2021, Weaver pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, and second-degree robbery.The 13-year-old was sentenced to 18 months of detention while Lewis was sentenced to nine years to life in prison, and Weaver was sentenced to 14 years to life in prison.
