A third teenage suspect has been arrested in the murder of Barnard College student Tessa Majors, who was stabbed to death during a robbery in an NYC park in December.
NBC News is not identifying the suspects because they are juveniles.
Majors, 18, a native of Virginia, was found wounded on steps outside Morningside Park on Dec. 11 after three teenagers tried to rob her, police said. One of the teens put her in a chokehold as the others rifled through her pockets. Authorities said Majors fought back and bit one of the robbers' fingers.Jonathan Dienst is a reporter for WNBC-TV in New York, leading its investigative reporting team and covering justice and law enforcement issues.
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