BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- WWAY has confirmed 17-year-old Princess L. Cromartie died after she was stabbed Thursday afternoon. It's Bladen County's first murder of the year.
Cromartie was taken to Bladen County Hospital Thursday night and then transported to New Hanover Regional Medical Center for surgery on Friday. Cromartie died Friday afternoon in Wilmington.
On 19-year-old Shakendria Harper's Facebook page she asks for forgiveness. On it she writes, "Dear Lord, please forgive me for all my sins I have brought upon me and look down upon me with forgiveness for all my sins I will have in the future."
"Losing a kid it's just deep," said Rufus Way, who is a friend of the Cromartie family. "It's awful."
A Facebook page is now one of the few things remembering Cromartie. Family and friends gathered at Cromartie's home Friday night. According to the Bladen County Sheriff's Office, Cromartie got into an altercation with Harper that quickly turned violent.
"That's the last thing I would think," said Way. "A stabbing, a girl and I'm a man."
Deputies believe Harper stabbed Cromartie in her leg and cut her femoral artery in her leg. Bladen County students were shocked to hear of the news.
"With girls you don't really hear about a bunch of fights unless it's gang related," said student Kayla Hunt.
District Attorney Jon David says Harper faces murder charges for Cromartie's death.
"The law punishes bad decisions," said David. "Sometimes consequences are unintended but in this particular circumstance we have a child who has been killed and I will vigorously pursue a prosecution. We're going to look at the facts and go where the truth leads."
Some local high school students say Facebook can often turn a fight of words into something physical, but the sheriff's office says the murder is still under investigation and could not confirm if Facebook was a factor.
"I see that all the time in school," said Hunt. "It has been very bad. It's a bunch of drama fights and hatred."
Deputies arrested Harper Thursday evening. Her charge was upgraded to murder Friday. She is in the Bladen County Jail without bond.
Harper is scheduled to make her first court appearance Monday.
Not a mistake
The girl didn't make a mistake. A mistake is spelling a word wrong or using improper English like you have done. She killed someone. Doesn't matter if they were fighting or if the other girl started it. She ended up stabbed and dead - that makes it murder!
It is good to support your friend but get your head out of the clouds. She made the choice and now she has to face the punishment. I am glad she has asked God for forgiveness, but that doesn't mean she shouldn't serve time for what she has done. God still expects us to stand up and admit what we did and then suffer the consequences of our choices.
Be a good friend, support her and when she goes off to jail if she is convicted, write her and visit her. Let her know that you support her, but for goodness sake, if you haven't finished school do so. Make something of yourself and be responsible. It could happen to you too!
You mean... oops?
Clearly you are an idiot.....
Free KEN!
Free KEN!
Good girl?
Are you insane? She is a murderer. She did not make a "mistake"! She STABBBED another person. Good people don't stab and murder each other.
Good people don't fight
Good people don't fight either! Hmph! Was princess fighting with her? Yeah she could have easily walked away and prevented what was about to happen...god rest her soul but she wasn't the good person in the situation she was just the unlucky one!
When you kill someone you
When you kill someone you shouldn't walk free. The person they killed will never get to walk again, nor see the family members etc. So NO!!!!Free Ken
i think its her faught its
i think its her faught its harper faught and y would u bring a knife when its a fist fight how kan that b so stupid ofher she had no need 2 have a knife. But u do learn from ur mistakes and that mistake she cant bring back of killing sum1 child think b4 u reacted and ask urself is it worth it but these teens dnt think.
free ken
This post is the perfect example of what a distorted view of right and wrong our young people have. Where did our young people get the idea that there should be no consequences for making bad choices? This post only highlights the points of my previous post. Our children have been influenced by people who have no sense of right and wrong... The "everybody is good", you cannot "judge my behavior" mentality. I am not responsible for anything I do that is bad. A young girls life has been taken, that is not a mistake, that is a senseless tragedy. What was this arguement over? What lies within the heart of this young girl to take a knife and stab another? What a senseless loss of life, and Kayla, please think about what you have posted and I hope you will see the wrong that has been done here.
FREE KEN She does not
FREE KEN
She does not deserve this! if anything involuntary manslaughter! she got the girl in the leg, Ken didn't want to kill that girl. i'm praying for ken family and princess family.
We all make mistakes?
Sure we do, we are all humans. A mistake is slamming a door on your finger, locking your keys in your car, losing your billfold, forgetting to turn your stove off...yes, those are mistakes. STABBING SOMEONE TO DEATH because you lose your temper ISN'T!!! That is called "lack of self control" and "desreves (as you spell it)" the charge of second degree murder. Lack of self control and impulsive action such as "stabbing someone" is one of the classic characteristics of the criminal mind.
Sorry Kayla, but "yo geral, Kendria" IS the only one at fault here! She is the one that grabbed a knife and plunged it into the body of another human being, KILLING HER. THe other person involved is already serving her sentence. How much simpler can this be explained to you?
You can support her during inmate visiting hours at the Greyrock Inn for the next 30 years! She won't be free....
Free Ken?
You can in fact blame one person, the one doing the stabbing. FRY KEN IN THE END....
Really??
You are going to pull the old "everyone makes mistakes" garbage? Stabbing someone to death is not a "mistake." It's murder. This girl is a murderer. Clear and simple.
not rlly....
i agree she was wrong i knew of shakendria and she was always a person who liked drama life is short what ever the reason was she as the older person should have just walked away from the situation...she did what she did and yes it was wrong...you can ask god to forgive you and he will but what about the family of the girl who died do they forgive her?
Stop the name calling and get REAL!
Yes everyone does make mistakes, and yes someone was murdered but dont just push your hatred towards one individual because someone died at their hands have you ever thought maybe she did not bring the knife and the other young lady did and it was taken from her by Ms. Harper and that this was not a situation where Ms. Harper approached Ms. Cromartie and brought the drama as stated they both agreedd to meet and that is were they both choose to make the mistake that lead to the murder of this young lady so not there is no innocent party or just one victim because no one know the truth except for those two young ladies...no one deserves to die and that is fact but no one person deserves the blaim because they lived in the situation that was mutual!
Sounds To Me
Like Ms. Harper showed up to Ms. Cromartie's house which is in E-Town and your friend is from Clinton (which means your friend traveled) and was waiting for her and ready to attack. She may not have had the knife and Ms. Cromartie may have had the knife (just using your scenario because I truly don't belive that was the way it was) Ms. Cromartie would have been entitled to having a knife bieng that Ms. Harper was waiting for her when she arrived at home (her place of residence where she has the right to defend her self!) It just seems that they let an argument get them to the point wanting to fight each other but to ms. Cromartie's defense, she didn't go out looking for anyone, or show up to thier house or stab someone.... I do not believe that Ms. Harper set out to Kill ms. Cromartie by any means and nobody would think that stabbing someone in the leg would result in death but it can happen and has happened in this incidint. The probably is you CAN'T stab anyone period because this COULD potentially be an outcome whether intentional or not..... She is going to have to face the sentence that is handed down to her, which I believe is going to be lenient unless Bladen County plans on using her for an example to teach all of you friends of her's who think no wrong was done! I pray for member's of both parties families and that as a community we can rally together to overcome these issues in the future!
Since you don't know what these are....
.....,,,,,,......,,,, I'll explain for you. They are called "periods" and "commas" and are commonly used as punctuation along with capital letters to construct legible, cohesive sentences. Here are a few extra ones for you to use. Without them we can't possibly understand whatever thoughts you are attempting to convey.
PS: Learning to spell would help too!!!
Bless you....
Thank you! I've been trying to decipher these messages. My heart wants to go out to both girls, but I am so distracted by the magnitude of an apparent rampant illiteracy problem. I had to skip some comments and fought the urge to use a red pen on my monitor.
She stabbed the girl once in
She stabbed the girl once in the leg....she did not want the girl to die and she asked for forgiveness.
stabbing/facebook
This is a tragic story, my condolences to the family who lost their daughter.
How sad that we have a lost generation of young people. This is a result of moral decline in this country. If young people are posting hatred on facebook, that is a reflection of themselves, not facebook. What kind of values have we, as a society, instilled in our children? The article states that hatred and drama is posted all the time on Facebook. My question is, why have our children got to the place that they feel comfortable expressing hatred. Is seems this is the norm. It seems as if "hatred" is no big deal anymore. Parents, we have to do better. Sometimes, that means saying no and making the hard choices. Our children are being exposed to immorality daily, they need loving parents to set good examples and give them wisdom and guidance to make right choices in difficult situation. Someone is influencing our childrens moral values and those values maynot reflect good values. Our children need us more than ever.
NO MORE FACEBOOK FOR TEENS
Facebook has done nothing but cause so many problems between teens. With this death and the fight that accrued in columbus county due to facebook which could have ended just like this case but thank GOD it didn't! We need to look at these children not being allowed on this social sight until they are at least 18 or older and are more mature! When are we going to step up and realize what this is doing to OUR kids? How many more lives are we going to have to loose or fights are we going to have to hear about until we do something about this! FACEBOOK can ruin our kids! They have enough pressure in everyday life to have to deal with this! Parents please lets stand together and get our kids off facebook! I have 3 children that have now deleted there accounts. I'm not going to let what happened to these children happen to mine!!! I feel so sorry for this family and all the other families that have had to go through this. But there is a way to stop this!! Delete you children facebook!!
Facebook is not what is corrupting our children
The fact of the matter is that our children have lack of guidance. With that lack of guidance comes the lack of responsibility for their actions. PARENTS need to become more involved and stop letting children raise themselves, bc if not, incidents like this will continue to happen; if children are banned from "socal sites" they will find other venues to produce drama, bc like it or not, cell phones, text messages, parties, email, etc still exist. we cannot delete it all. Step in and provide your children with a good,solid wholesome example to follow instead of encouraging their ignorance. The lack of discipline, respect, and moral values are causing the decline in our youth. Parents too often blame everyone and everything else for what their children lack rather than stepping in and being proactive! Maturity does come with age, but it is also a product of surroundings and experience, so being 18 may legally make you an adult but does not magically make you "mature", i.e. the girl who did the stabbing was 19. Social sites only make drama more convenient bc a person is only a click of a button away, but it is not the CREATOR of the drama, therefore is not to blame.
This is not a result of
This is not a result of moral decline as hatred being expressed by children has ALWAYS been a part of society. Adults so readily express their hatred of other cultures, religions, races, sexuality, thoughts and ideas that it is only natural for children to do the same. Adults stand behind their hatred as if it were some form of religious doctrine from God. Maybe more adults should preach AND practice tolerance and respect of people despite their differences; then you will see a decline in the amount of violence done by not only children but other adults.