CIVIC CENTER — The boyfriend of Morgan Freeman’s granddaughter stabbed her 15 times and was standing over her when police arrived Sunday morning, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
Lamar Davenport, 30, stabbed 33-year-old Edena Hines in her back and torso, puncturing her heart, lungs and liver, assistant district attorney Nicholas Penfold said during his arraignment from Bellevue Hospital Wednesday afternoon.
"I f---ing love God!" he screamed after the attack on West 162nd Street at 2:54 a.m., according to sources. “Jesus Christ is my lord! I'm getting the demons out of her!”
Lamar was arraigned on second-degree murder charges via a video hookup before Judge Kevin McGrath in Manhattan Criminal Court.
“Yes, your honor,” Davenport was heard calmly saying to judge when asked if he consented to the video arraignment.
“This is a brutal murder with overwhelming evidence, where the defendant intentionally killed the victim,” Penfold said at criminal court.
Hines, an actress who appeared in Freeman’s recent movie “Five Flights Up,” lived with Davenport in Washington Heights.
I want to acknowledge the tremendous outpouring of love and support my family has received regarding the tragic and senseless passing of my granddaughter Edena Hines. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. -M
Posted by Morgan Freeman on Sunday, August 16, 2015
She had recently returned to New York from Memphis to film an independent movie, according to her blog.
"Now there is an ease with which I approach my work, a sense of comfort instead of fear," she wrote in a July 7 post.
She was pronounced dead at Harlem Hospital after the incident.
Lamar was arrested in 2010 for shoplifting at his job at JCPenny, according to Penfold.
He also had a previous drug charge in California.
Lamar was held without bail.
He is due back in court on Aug. 21.
