Nathalie Jean vividly remembers how ordinary Dec. 20, 2024, began. She and her daughter were putting up a Christmas tree when her son Yahkeim Lollar, 17, walked into the room and joked about the pink tree.
As Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together” started playing, Yahkeim sang at the top of his lungs, Jean said. She and her daughter sang along, as if they were Yahkeim’s backup singers.
In that moment, Jean couldn’t imagine that just hours later, her son would be stabbed to death. And Jahara Malik, Yahkeim’s on-again, off-again girlfriend, would be the reason why…