Teen allegedly stabbed to death by babyfather

The mother of a teenager who was stabbed to death allegedly by her child's father said sadness has overwhelmed her and rendered her almost speechless.

Dead is Nichara Campbell, otherwise called Mumzel, 19-year-old bartender of Taylor Road, Kitson Town, St Catherine. Her mother, Elisa Campbell, told THE STAR that her daughter's death is haunting her.

"The sad thing is that she didn't get to defend herself, as if she got the chance she would have defended it to the last, so that is really hurtful. The two-year-old child they shared don't even want to go home, it's that sad," Campbell said.

Reports are that about 5 p.m. on August 4, the suspect and Campbell were involved in a heated dispute during which he allegedly used a knife to stab Campbell repeatedly in her upper body. She managed to run away from the house and was rushed to the Spanish Town Hospital by a woman where she succumbed to her injuries. Investigators at the St Catherine North Police Division said the suspect is in custody on suspicion of murder.

Campbell said that her daughter and the suspect had a rocky relationship and that she had asked for divine intervention.

"It was the other day I called her and asked her to pray and she said that she would. But this is the result, pure sadness and the child that is left behind is hurting," Campbell said.

She commended the relatives of the suspect who summoned the police. But Campbell says this has not lessened the hurt.

"Sometime earlier this year he was beating her and she defended herself with a pot. But he got her back to visit and that is the result; it is very sad," Campbell said.