James Madison U Professor Inman Majors Daughter Tessa ID’d As Victim In Fatal NY Stabbing

NEW YORK, NY. (THECOUNT) — The Barnard College student found mortally stabbed near Columbia University on Wednesday, was the daughter of James Madison University professor and novelist Inman Majors, TheCount.com has confirmed.

Tessa Majors, 18, was attending college in New York when she was brutally murdered Wednesday during an apparent robbery. Police say they are interviewing two juveniles in connection to the deadly incident.

The freshman student was found unresponsive by a security guard near West 116th Street in Morningside Heights late Wednesday, December 11.

According to New York police, Majors had been stabbed repeatedly shortly before 7 p.m. Investigators believe it was the result of an attempted robbery. Police believe she made it a short distance before collapsing at a college security booth, but the guard was out making rounds at the time, and by the time the guard returned, it was too late, reports WHSV.

Tessa was transported to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead of stab wounds.

According to New York media outlets, police are interviewing two minors in connection to the fatal stabbing, but no arrests have yet been made.

“We do have a couple people that we are questioning at the 26th Precinct,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harris told reporters.

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