Fourteen-year-old suspect in Tessa Majors murder is ‘hiding out in the South with relatives after fleeing New York in a car’, police sources claim
- NYPD sources told The New York Post the boy ‘down South’ and with family
- He has not been named but his photo is being circulated in the hopes someone will recognize him and turn him in
- The boy is one of three who allegedly took part in mugging and killing Majors on December 11
- Only one person has been charged; a 13-year-old boy who swears he is innocent
- He claims the older boys mugged and attacked her and that he was 10ft away
- The boy ‘hiding in the South’ fled from a car on his way to the station on Dec 15
- He was being driven by a relative or lawyer when he bolted at an intersection
NYPD sources have told The New York Post that the fourteen-year-old suspect in the Tessa Majors murder case is ‘hiding out in the South’ with relatives after fleeing New York in the days after her stabbing.
The unnamed but ‘high ranking’ official told the Post: ‘We think he’s down South. We’re looking for him.’
The source added he did not take a plane, train or bus, meaning he either drove himself or was driven by someone.
The boy bolted from a car on December 15 while being driven to the police station by an adult, described by other sources as a relative or lawyer.
He has been on the run since and despite police releasing his photograph, has not been found.
The boy is not being named because he is a minor. He is one of three people police say took part in the attack.
Tessa Majors was stabbed to death on December 11. Police are hunting for this unnamed 14-year-old who fled on his way to the police precinct on December 15. They say he is in the ‘South’ now
Tessa was attacked, allegedly by three boys, at the bottom of these stairs on December 11
The other are a 13-year-old boy – who has been charged with murder and has appeared in juvenile court – and another 14-year-old who remains at large.
The NYPD has said very little on the record since Tessa was stabbed to death.
There have been numerous conflicting reports about some of the most basic information involving the case, like how many people were involved and what time it happened.
The 13-year-old, according to testimony given by an NYPD detective in court last week, confessed that he was there in the park when the two older boys stabbed Tessa but that he was not involved in the attack.
He also told the detective he did not know that they planned to rob her.
The boy’s lawyers at The Legal Aid Society say the detective who gave the testimony cannot be trusted and that he has a ‘troubled past’ of falsifying evidence and charging the wrong men.
They also claim their client was interviewed without an attorney present and that he was ‘yelled at’ during the interview where he allegedly confessed.
Immediately after he was taken into custody, his aunt – who is one of his legal guardians following the death of his mother – denied his involvement.
Tessa’s family and friends have meanwhile been mourning her quietly at vigils.
The killing sent shockwaves through Barnard College, where she was a freshman. It has also sparked a revival of the Guardian Angels, a volunteer group who became known in the 1980s and 1990s for patrolling New York City parks and streets at a time when crime was at a high.
Some have blamed Mayor Bill de Blasio for Tessa’s death, saying his soft touch on crime is going to revert New York City to its past of violence and mugging.
The murder sent shockwaves through the city. A sea of flowers is now where she was attacked