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E’dena Hines, the 33-year-old step-granddaughter of Hollywood A-Lister Morgan Freeman, was stabbed to death early Sunday in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York, reports the New York Daily News.
The incident happened at around 3:30 a.m. Police were responding to a call and discovered Hines in the street. She was rushed to Harlem Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
A 30-year-old man, believed to be Hines’ boyfriend, was discovered kneeling over her body. A knife was confiscated and he was arrested at the scene.
Morgan Freeman released the following statement:
The world will never know her artistry in talent, and how much she had to offer. Her friends and family were fortunate enough to have known what she meant as a person. Her star will continue to shine bright in our hearts, thoughts and prayers. May she rest in peace.
Read more at NY Daily News.
What a tragedy for her family and friends all round. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of them. Rest in peace E’Dena.
UPDATED 08.17.15 12:47 pm
The man who fatally stabbed E’Dena Hines, the step-granddaughter of actor Morgan Freeman, has been charged with murder.
According to Pix11, police revealed Hines’ boyfriend, 30-year-old Lamar Davenport, is currently under psychiatric evaluation at a local hospital. He was brought in as an “emotionally disturbed person” early Sunday morning after he was seen stabbing Hines to death near her home in the Washington Heights area of New York. Hines was the granddaughter of Freeman’s first wife, Jeanette Adair Bradshaw.
Some have called her death an apparent “exorcism.”
A witness who saw the stabbing from his window said he heard screams from the actress as Davenport said he needed to “get the demons out.”
Pix11 reports:
“I heard two screeches and I looked out my window,” neighbor George Hudacko said. “I heard him mumbling ‘God’ and ‘Jesus,’ and his hand was moving up and down. So I ran to call police.”
Police arrived on scene, but it was too late — Hines died on the way to the hospital. Friends of Hines said they saw her and Davenport during dinner on Saturday evening and everything appeared to be normal. The 33-year-old had just wrapped up a film scheduled to be released next year. After studying acting at New York University, she headed to Memphis, Tennessee to teach acting to underprivileged youth.
Hines recently moved back to New York to perform at several theaters. She often blogged about her experiences.
Davenport now faces a second-degree murder charge for her death.
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