Baby-faced teen surrenders in NYC stabbing death of girlfriend, 16: cops

The teenager accused of stabbing his 16-year-old girlfriend to demise inside a Harlem condo over the weekend has surrendered to cops, authorities stated. 

Zyaire Crumbley, 18, joined by an lawyer, turned himself in Monday afternoon in connection to the Sunday night slaying of Saniyah Lawrence inside their condo on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard close to West 136th Road, cops stated. 

Crumbley — who has six prior theft arrests — was charged with homicide, cops stated. 

Following his give up, Crumbley was taken to Harlem Hospital for chest pains, police sources stated. 

The arrest got here hours after police launched a youthful-looking mugshot of the on-the-lam accused killer within the hopes of nabbing him.

“He’s on the market,” Lawrence’s distraught maternal grandmother, Denise Jackson, 51, stated Monday of Crumbley, including that she is aware of him and has spoken to him on the cellphone previously.

Saniyah Lawrence is shown in a photo provided by family.
Saniyah Lawrence, 16, was a “very lovable particular person,” in accordance with her grandmother, Denise Jackson, 51.

“I simply need them to search out him,” the grieving grandma stated. “His face is on the information. He’s on the run. Simply discover him and put him behind bars!” 

Crumbley stabbed Lawrence within the neck round 5:40 p.m. Sunday, police stated. She was rushed to Harlem Hospital, the place she was pronounced lifeless. 

Jackson stated she will be able to’t start to determine why her younger granddaughter was killed. 

Video from a nearby deli shows Crumbley casually strolling out of the Harlem building after the murder.
Video from a close-by deli reveals Crumbley casually strolling out of the Harlem constructing after the homicide.
Cops respond to the scene of the fatal stabbing.
The teenager couple lived collectively within the condo on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard close to West 136th Road for about six months, a neighbor stated.
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“Everybody that is aware of Saniyah would by no means need to damage her as a result of she’s not that kind of particular person,” the grandma stated. “What was the motive?

“She’s a really lovable particular person. Why would you try this? Why would you simply take her life?”

The lethal violence happened eight hours after Juan Carlos Cuevas, 35, a close-by comfort retailer clerk, stated he heard Crumbley yelling at his gal pal contained in the store. 

Police sources stated Monday that it doesn't seem Crumbley had a historical past of home violence with the teenager sufferer, the sources stated.

However a neighbor stated Monday that it appeared hassle had been brewing between the couple for a while — at the least since they moved into their first-floor condo six months in the past. 

The discord significantly heated up Sunday, in accordance with the lady, a grad scholar who declined to provide her identify. 

“It all the time appeared like somebody was working and somebody was screaming or yelling,” the neighbor stated. “And it’s all the time been quite a lot of shouting, quite a lot of heavy issues being thrown round. It’s simply all the time been that means.”

“However yesterday, it escalated,” she stated. “In actual fact, it acquired so unhealthy I needed to step out to get one thing to eat.”

Candles and flowers are left in memory of 16-year-old Saniyah Lawrence outside the building where she was killed.
Candles and flowers are left in reminiscence of 16-year-old Saniyah Lawrence outdoors the constructing the place she was killed.
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“However I by no means knew who to advocate for in that condo as a result of I by no means noticed them,” she added. 

“That they had a mat, like a welcome mat, that stated ‘Grateful,’ and I joked about it due to what was happening in there each evening. But it surely was … horrible!” she stated. “I used to be all the time being woken up in the course of the evening, yelling, individuals working, crashing. There’s simply very odd conduct on a regular basis.”

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