Acclaimed actor Morgan Freeman has suffered a great loss. His granddaughter E’Dena Hines was stabbed to death on a Manhattan sidewalk early Sunday during what sources and witnesses called an “exorcism” at the hands of her boyfriend.
“Get out, devils! I cast you out, devils! In the name of Jesus Christ, I cast you out!” boyfriend Lamar Davenport yelled as he plunged a knife into 33-year-old Hines’s chest, as witnessed by George Hudacko. Hudacko saw the attack at 3:00 a.m. from his apartment window in Washington Heights.
“The girl was making a lot of noise, screaming,” Hudacko said. He added. “I called 911. I was begging them to come.”
Davenport was seen yelling “Jesus Christ is born!” over her body like a maniac.
Cops had to wrestle Davenport off of Hines, even after she lay lifeless on the sidewalk. He was so crazed that he continued to attack her, “making a stabbing motion with his arm, but had nothing in his fist, the knife was jutting out of her chest,” police sources said.
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Hines, who worked as an actress and appeared on Broadway and red carpet events by Freeman's side, was stabbed 16 times. The killing occurred just a few buildings from where Hines lived, said sources.
Davenport, 30, was Hines's live-in boyfriend, and he was on the cusp of drug-induced psychosis when he attacked her, police services said.
A friend who had dinner with Davenport and Hines just hours earlier described her as “ecstatic,” the Daily Beast reported.
“I’ve never seen E’Dena as happy as she was last night,” said the friend, Ray Rosario.
Hines and Davenport are pictured with friend Ray Rosario (right) two months ago.
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Davenport is a rapper and actor wannabe who goes by the name of Lyric. He is known to abuse cocaine, pot and liquor and is also the father of two young children. He has been charged with second-degree murder.
Freeman was extremely close with Hines. They were so close that, in 2012, Freeman had to squash reports that Hines was his lover.
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The Oscar winner issued a statement soon after the attack: “The world will never know her artistry and talent and how much she had to offer. Her star will continue to shine bright in our hearts, thoughts and prayers. May she rest in peace.”
Article sources: www.nypost.com, www.elitedaily.com
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