More RA Students Slain

[Don Dresden]

Wow, all angles covered in one very sad story. "Student athlete" Clantina murdered at RA uni by roommate Shanterrica.

Girl roommate, 18, charged with stabbing to death star university basketball player after row
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 9:45 PM on 3rd March 2011


Knifed to death: University basketball star Clantina Stewart

A girl of 18 has been accused of stabbing to death a star university basketball player after a row.

Shanterrica Madden was charged with the first degree murder of Clantina Stewart, 21, who was found with multiple knife wounds in the apartment they shared in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

As friends at Middle Tennessee State University mourned her death, Madden appeared in court. She was held without bail.

In a statement posted on the school's website, President Sidney McPhee said: ''The anguish I feel as a father and a president ... but personally as a father with a daughter about the age of Tina cannot adequately be expressed.'

'Our hearts are heavy with grief and our thoughts and prayers are with her and her family.'

He described Stewart as a 'wonderfully talented and vibrant young woman.

Grief counsellors have been put on standby to help students and a candle-lit vigil was held. A university memorial page has been set up in her honour.

Stewart's parents, Ida and Adrian, travelled from their home in Memphis to the campus after Stewart was found stabbed at 7pm on Wednesday by police called to a disturbance.

Emergency medical teams rushed her to Middle Tennessee Medical Center where she died from her injuries.

Her aunt Diane Williams told AOL News the family was going through a 'very hard time.'

Stewart was a junior guard with the Blue Raiders, averaging 5.5 points and 2.5 rebounds in 28 games this season.


Accused: Shanterrica Madden is charged with first degree murder

University officials are meeting with the team today and will let the squad decide if they want to play in a tournament tomorrow.

Athletic Director Chris Massaro said Stewart's death was an incredible loss, describing her as a 'great kid and a fighter'.

...Madden's lawyer Joe Brandon has reportedly claimed she acted in self defence and stabbed her with Stewart's own knife.