NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The NYPD on Friday released a photo of a young man in connection with the Dec. 11 stabbing death of 18-year-old Barnard freshman Tessa Majors.
"The New York City Police Department is asking for the public's help to locate the individual depicted in the attached photos in connection with this incident," read an NYPD news release.
Police already have arrested and charged a 13-year-old male with 2nd-degree murder, 1st-degree robbery and criminal posession of a weapon in the fourth degree.
He appeared in court last week just hours after he implicated himself and two other teens in Majors' death.
An NYPD detective testified that investigators believe that the boy is not the person who fatally stabbed Majors, according to multiple reports.
The detective testified that the boy told police that another teen slashed Majors so violently that he saw "feathers come out of her jacket," The New York Post reported.
According to reports, the detective testified that the boy said he picked up the knife after it dropped to the ground and handed it to another teen, and that the boy told police that another teen plunged the knife into Majors.
The officer testified, according to the Post, that the teen "picked (the knife) up and handed it back to (his friend), and then (the boy) watched his friends grab the victim, put her in a chokehold and remove items from her pocket."
The teen then "saw the victim get stabbed. He saw feathers come out of her jacket, and them all three of them ran out of they park … and they went home," the detective said, according to the Post.
Majors tried to fight off the attackers to no avail. The teen, according to the detective, said one of the other teens told him "that Tessa Majors bit him on the finger."
Shortly after the boy's court appearance, NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison tweeted, "There has been incredible work done by@NYPDDetectives in the horrific murder of Tessa Majors. We are working closely w/ @Columbia. 1 individual has been arrested & this remains an active investigation."
