Second twin dies in street knife fight

Fri, Jul 12th 2019, 07:00 AM

AS Curtis Murphy Jr held his stabbed and bloodied younger brother Nicartha in his arms at the parking lot of Smith’s Motel on Tuesday night, he clung to hope the 32-year-old father would live to see another day.

However, hope would not be enough to save Murphy’s life. He died of injuries inflicted during an altercation with a “close friend”.

The grief, said Mr Murphy Jr, is overwhelming and painfully too familiar.He told The Tribune yesterday his closely-knit family was still grieving after the murder of Nicartha’s twin brother Elcartha, who was shot and killed on the night of December 21, 2018 on Malcolm Road.

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