A 17-year-old is in custody, after allegedly stabbing a girl repeatedly when she told him that she was pregnant. Cortae Diaz Kelly, a student at Ypsilanti High School in Michigan, is accused of stabbing the girl in a nearby wooded area. The girl is now in intensive care, after getting surgery at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital.
County Assistant Prosecutor Arianne Slay is saying that Kelly stabbed the girl 12 times in her head, back and hands. She played dead to get him to stop the attack. She also says that Kelly confessed to trying to kill her. He is being charged with assault with intent to murder and being held on a $1 million bond.
The girl was found on the trail by a passerby, who then called 911. Kelly allegedly told police that he not only intended to kill the girl, but that he thought she was dead.
"I am extremely concerned about the danger to the community," Magistrate Thomas Truesdell said before ordering that Kelly be held without bail.
The case of Cortae Diaz Kelly saddened me quite a bit. While most teen parents are stressed by hearing news of an unplanned pregnancy, there are obviously more socially acceptable ways to handle the disappointment.
My mother told me about my own father dismissing her after finding out that she was pregnant with me, and it hurts me to this day to imagine the pain she may have been feeling. A child is a blessing, no matter when that child comes in to our lives, and it's sad that men like Kelly don't understand that.
At the same time, this young man seems to have some obvious psychological issues, and that should be considered when the courts decide on his punishment. He has certainly proven himself to be a danger to society, which seems to imply that he won't be a free man for a very long time.
Our greatest sympathy must go to the young girl who didn't have anyone else to talk to about her pregnancy other than the man who tried to kill her. Let's all make sure we are there for our children, no matter what. We should also educate all teens properly and keep lines of communication open, so that they don't believe that getting pregnant is the end of the world.
I can't help but wonder whether Kelly, a man who's never before been accused of murder or assault in the past, would have done such a thing if he'd known that there are other alternatives.
Watch the sad incident here:
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Dr. Boyce Watkins is the founder of the Your Black World Coalition To have Dr. Boyce's commentary delivered to your e-mail, please click here.