. Detectives allegedly believe that two other people participated in the stabbing, but the New York Police Department said it could not confirm these details to Refinery29. in Morningside Park near the Barnard campus in New York City when a group of people approached her. During a struggle, the college freshman was slashed on the chin and stabbed underneath her arm. She then staggered to a Columbia University guard booth where a security guard found her unconscious and called 911.
“We are strong women, and that’s a characteristic at Barnard,” Caroline Kichler, 21, an economics major, told the."We are taught to be strong, but in the real world it’s not always like that. It could have been anyone, and it’s awful it happened.” While Morningside Park has a reputation for violence, a number of safety initiatives have been put in place in recent years, particularly for students of nearby Columbia and Barnard. However, the area has seen an uptick in crime — earlier this yearin a pattern of muggings that targeted young women walking through the park.
In a statement sent to Refinery29, Majors’ family expressed their heartbreak over this tragedy."We lost a very special, very talented, and very well-loved young woman. Tess shone bright in this world, and our hearts will never be the same."
from that times’ article... “has not been formally charged with a crime.”