Teen allegedly stabbed to death by 14-y-o

A Portmore teen who residents said was living on his own, was stabbed to death last Friday in his home, allegedly by a 14-year-old girl.

The deceased is 15-year-old Duxane Elliot of Newland, Portmore, St Catherine. The news team was told that both children were high school dropouts. According to a report from the Constabulary Communications Network, about 12:30 p.m., Elliot and a neighbour had an argument during which a sharp object was used to stab him to the chest. The neighbour then fled the scene. The police were alerted and Elliot was transported to hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The suspect was later apprehended and taken into police custody. Elliot is said to have been living on his own since the death of his mother last year. It is also reported that he had not attended classes at Cumberland High School since last year.

When THE STAR visited the area yesterday, a group of women said Elliot's breathless cries for help, as well as the sight of his eyes being filled with fear and shock, will forever be etched in their memory.

"Him come out here and him bawl out say 'Help mi' and him a hold him chest. Mi ask him a wah and him say [name withheld] stab him. After that him foot cross and him eye just roll over. Him basically dead right here suh before him reach hospital. Mi feel it when him cry for help and just dead in front a we. We couldn't do anything. All a dis just really wicked," a woman said.

She stated that the accused had gone to Elliot's dwelling to burn up her boyfriend's clothing.

"When she come round a di yard Duxane a sleep and she come and start take out her boyfriend clothes and start bun dem. Some a di clothes that she take out belong to Duxane and by this time him wake and tell har not to burn them. After him say dat, she just take a scissors and stab him in his chest," a resident said.

In response to the incident, Spokesperson for Hear the Children Cry, Priscella Duhaney, is calling for the nation to give more attention and care to minors. Speaking with THE STAR yesterday, Duhaney said all should be held accountable and implored the community not to stay silent upon seeing the abuse or downward path of a minor.

"Some of our issues go deeper than just merely looking at the child and holding them accountable. We all need to be held accountable as a society; these include the parents, church, school and the government. We are failing our children and it is not okay for us to say that this child has now grown or is living adult life. Somewhere along the line, in their primitive years, they were exposed to adult lifestyle, and so it is all they know," Duhaney said.

Elliot was described by residents as being well mannered and jovial. They stated that he had recently expressed his desire to return to school and plans were being made to have him re-enrolled.

"Him use to play football and him tell we say him wah go back a school and all a we was planning to help him. In fact, a Friday the same day when him dead, mi did ago buy him school shoes. Nobody in this community have anything negative to say about him because him full a manners. The entire place shaken up by dis because him was a good little bwoy," a female told THE STAR.