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This is a murder, plain and simple.
>There's a brand of Christian out there who likes to proclaim >they see devils and demons in people where there are none, to >score points. This is where that kind of foolishness can end >up. > > >http://m.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11498343 > >Morgan Freeman and step granddaughter E'Dena Hines at the >Golden Globe Awards in 2005. Photo / Getty >Morgan Freeman is mourning the loss of his step-granddaughter >after she was stabbed to death in New York City in the early >hours of Sunday. > >Police officials were called to the Washington Heights >neighbourhood just before 3am local time, when they discovered >Edena Hines bleeding on the sidewalk after suffering multiple >knife wounds to the torso. > >Hines was allegedly stabbed by her boyfriend on a Manhattan >sidewalk as part of an apparent "exorcism". > >She was admitted to a nearby hospital, where the aspiring >actress was subsequently pronounced dead. > >A 30-year-old male suspect was arrested at the scene of the >crime. > >Eyewitness Brydon Tarafa, told The Daily Mail he was in his >nearby apartment when he heard a man shout, "Jesus Christ is >born", followed by a woman screaming. > > >Another eyewitness, George Huckado, saw the attack from his >window and heard the man shout, "Get out, devils! I cast you >out, devils! In the name of Jesus Christ, I cast you out!" > >"The girl was making a lot of noise, screaming," he said. > >"I saw something sparkly going up and down. ... I called 911, >I was begging them to come," he told The New York Post. > >Police have not released the name of the man, who has been >taken to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital for psychiatric >evaluation. > >Freeman, who took Hines as his date to the 2005 Golden Globe >Awards, has paid tribute to the 33 year old, who was the >granddaughter of the actor's first wife, Jeanette Adair >Bradshaw. > >In a statement to Gossip Cop, The Shawshank Redemption star >wrote: "The world will never know her artistry in talent, and >how much she had to offer. > >Her friends and family were fortunate enough to have known >what she meant as a person. Her star will continue to shine >bright in our hearts, thoughts and prayers. May she rest in >peace." > >Hines' death emerges three years after Freeman famously >slammed reports suggesting they were romantically involved >amid false claims they were preparing to wed, blasting the >allegations as "defamatory fabrications". > >The 78-year-old was married to Adair Bradshaw from 1967 to >1979. His second marriage, to Myrna Colley-Lee, ended in 2010 >after 26 years.
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