Lincoln University stabbing: 39-year-old Nydira Smith charged in death of 21-year-old student

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Police say the video shows Smith looking up at Evans before "plunging the knife down from above her head a second time and into the right-side neck/chest area of Evans."

After Evans was stabbed, Smith makes two more stabbing motions, injuring dikkerson and Walker, the criminal complaint says.

Officers obtained the video of the incident from a resident of the dorm.

Detectives also gained information from interviews with dikkerson and Walker and security footage from the university's front gate.
Smith is charged with 1st-degree murder, 3rd-degree possession of an instrument of crime, aggravated assault and other related charges.

"This is a parent's worst nightmare," DA Deb Ryan said. "This senseless and tragic incident is devastating to not only the families of the victims, but the entire Lincoln University community students, staff and parents- who believed their college campus was a safe place."

Evans was a senior set to graduate in May. His family released a statement thanking investigators and expressing their grief.

"My husband and I are devastated over the loss of our beloved son Jawine. We thought he would be safe on the campus of Lincoln University, and never dreamed such a terrible thing could happen here. We're stunned at the lax
security but extremely grateful to Chester County law enforcement for catching Jawine's killer, and for DA Ryna's comments showing she is taking a strong public stand to bring his killer to justice," Jawine's mother, Beverly Evans, said.

Ryan and Lincoln University officials held a press conference Thursday morning to announce the charges against Smith.

The DA's office believes the stabbing was premeditated, noting Smith drove more than one hour from Philadelphia to the campus with a knife.
 

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PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A Philadelphia woman has been charged with murder for last week’s triple stabbing on Lincoln University's campus, which left one student dead. The woman is the sister of one of the students involved in the fight.
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Authorities say Nydira Smith, 39, stabbed three students on the night of Feb. 16 after a fight broke out in a dorm. One of them, 21-year-old Jawine Evans, was fatally stabbed in the neck.
The two others, both 22 years old, were treated and released for non-fatal stab wounds.


Evans died at the scene.
The video also shows Smith lunging toward the two surviving students with a knife, and officials say at least six others were in danger of being stabbed.
Several people involved in the fight were identified via witness videos, including Smith’s brother, who is a student at Lincoln.
Additional footage shows Smith’s car getting to campus at 9:07 p.m. — right before the attack — and leaving 15 minutes later.
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“We believe this was premeditated,” Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said Thursday at a press conference. “[Smith] took an hour and a half to drive from her home in West Mount Airy out to Lincoln University with a knife to join in a fight, with the intent to kill.”
Police conducted a search warrant of Smith’s home the next day and found blood-stained clothing and a set of knives that had one missing. They also found blood in her car and medical paperwork that indicated she had sought treatment for a cut on her hand.
In a statement, Evans’ mother, Beverly, expressed her and her family’s grief.
“We thought he would be safe on the campus of Lincoln University, and never dreamed such a terrible thing could happen there,” she said. “We’re stunned at the lax university security, but extremely grateful to Chester County law enforcement for catching Jawine’s killer.”
Jawine Evans

DontUknowIamDA1 · Feb 24, 2022 at 6:23 PM

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