EMONEE "Imani" WILLIAMS - 14 yo - (2010) Bronx NYC NY

A 14-year-old Bronx girl was
stabbed to death after giving her mom a hard time about doing her
chores, police and witnesses said Friday.Emonee Williams,
known as Imani to her friends, was stabbed multiple times and died at Lincoln Hospital.
Police are questioning her mother's boyfriend -
35-year-old Christopher Ezell - in the murder.The teen got into a heated argument
late Thursday with her mother and Ezell over her rebelliousness, witnesses said.


"I heard them upstairs arguing around 11 that the
mother doesn't control her," said one neighbor, Malika
Stephenson, 31. "He was yelling at the mother about Imani that she
doesn't control her, that she don't care about anything. Then I saw the
mother leave."And about 20 mins later the cops showed up and the
ambulance showed up. That's when we found out she got stabbed."Friends
of the family said the girl's father lives elsewhere and she did not
get along with Ezell, the father of three younger siblings.Her
father lives elsewhere, neighbors said, and the girl did not get along
with her mom's boyfriend, 35-year-old Christopher Ezell.Her
10-year-old sister and twin 3-year-old brothers were in another room at
the time of the stabbing and were not hurt.Stephenson suggested
the couple had argued about the girl, a student at South
Bronx Academy, for several years, but that the problems did not
seem extraordinary."She was just acting like a regular teenager,"
Stephenson said. "They would fight over her not cleaning her room, not
helping around the house. I know they had problems but nothing that
serious that you need to kill her over."She was a sweet girl."Police
said the suspect was picked by Housing Bureau
officers about a half-mile away from the scene. He has a previous
criminal record for robbery, assault and selling drugs, a source said.

An angry mob spewed out profanity towards the man
accused of stabbing a 14 year old girl to death.
Christopher Ezell was placed in a bullet proof body suit as he was
walked out of the 40th precinct in the Bronx Friday afternoon for fear
of retaliation from the crowd. "This is terrible. I would have
expected this from somebody else, but not from Chris," Miriam Soto said.
The 35-year old is charged with the murder of his girlfriend's
daughter, Emonee Williams.
Investigators say the teen stumbled into an argument between her mother
and Ezell just before midnight. Authorities say Ezell flew into a
fit of rage because the mother would not let him move back into the
apartment inside the Melrose Houses on East 153rd Street. Her
mother stormed out, according to police, then he kicked out Emonee's
aunt, and that's when he stabbed the teenager over and over again. "That was his daughter. He raised her since she was a little. So it's
like real shocking news right now," Jasmine Soto said. There
were other young children living in the home as well, at least one
believed to be fathered by Ezell, but they were unharmed. Neighbors say
the 9-year-old younger sister and twin brothers were Imani's
half-siblings, and that she may have been murdered in front of them. The teen was rushed to Lincoln Hospital, but doctors there were
unable to save her and she was pronounced dead. Police then went
looking for Ezell, who had apparently fled the apartment. Authorities
found him a few blocks away on Third Avenue and took him into custody. Some neighbors learned of Emonee's death as they walked into Melrose
Houses to find a tribute to the teen at the front door with candles and
teddy bears. "What could possess you to do that to a little girl.
Ain't nothing could be that wrong. Especially when she talked to him
like a father," Soto said. "She was a nice girl," friend Candace
Scott said. "She was real calm. She wasn't into a lot of friends...she
was a good child. She don't chill with nobody. She go to school, come
home, and that's it." "He didn't have no hard times with
anybody," neighbor Malika Stephenson said of the suspect. "He was like
everybody else, come out here and hang out with us, and play with the
kids, play with his kids, play with everybody else's kids."
"It's killing me right now. You killed this little girl for no reason.
She didn't even have a life," Constance said. But Emonee's best
friend couldn't talk out her grief, she just wrote a letter that reads.
"I love her. I love you Enomee. BFF's forever." Ezell is
charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
Authorities say Ezell has several prior arrests, including for robbery,
assault, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a
controlled substance. Ezell was arraigned at Bronx criminal
court and denied bail. His next court appearance is May 26th.

Next AppearanceDate:September 21, 2011
Court:Bronx Supreme Court - Criminal Term
Judge:Tallmer, M
Part:22

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Next Appearance
Date:December 1, 2011
Court:Bronx Supreme Court - Criminal Term
Judge:Tallmer, M
Part:22

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