Teen pleads guilty in murder of Barnard student Tessa Majors

Luchiano Lewis, one of three teens charged in the 2019 stabbings death of Barnard freshman Tessa Majors in Morningside Park, pleaded guilty Tuesday to robbery and murder.

Lewis appeared in court in a dark suit and an ill-fitting tie and raced through an allocution in which he said he saw feathers emerge from Majors' winter coat but did not realize she had been stabbed, let alone killed, until the next morning when he recognized her as the young woman he and the others tried to rob.

Majors' family sat in the front row and listened to Lewis explain how the trio of middle school friends plotted to rob people in the park.

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