Teen pleads guilty to manslaughter for stabbing ex in 2024: ‘She wanted to accept responsibility’

MIAMI — A teen accused of fatally stabbing her ex-boyfriend changed her plea on Monday. Loved ones of the 17-year-old victim packed the courtroom.

Jahara Malik, now 18, pleaded guilty to charges of manslaughter and carrying a concealed weapon.

“It’s like bittersweet, it took a year, two months and 26 days for her to, you know, acknowledge or even hold accountability for what she did to my son,” Natalie Jean, the victim’s mother, said…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS