Facebook fight over a $20 loan ends up in murder

The dispute between the two friends began over $20,money that had been given to buy baby formula and diapers,but that went for some other purpose.

The dispute between the two friends began over $20,money that had been given to buy baby formula and diapers,but that went for some other purpose. Days later,it became a heated public matter,splayed on the two young womens Facebook pages.

At 5:44 pm on Sunday,one of them,Kamisha Richards,22,wrote that this would be the last time u will con me into giving u money. Ten minutes later,the other,Kayla Henriques,18,replied,Dnt try to expose me mama but Im not tha type to thug it ova facebook see u wen u get frm wrk.

The war of words escalated over Facebook. In capital letters,at 8:52 pm,Richards said that she would have the last laugh. Henriques replied within seconds: We will see. They exchanged more messages,until about 9:30 pm on Sunday.

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About 24 hours after their last Facebook exchange,Richards was dead,killed by a kitchen knife to the chest delivered inside an apartment in East New York,Brooklyn according to the police,the home of Henriques,Richards and relatives of both women,including Henriquess brother,who was dating Richards.

By about 1:30 am on Tuesday,Henriques had been arrested,after witnesses helped point investigators in her direction,and the suspect said things to implicate herself, according to a law enforcement official. It was witnessed by several people,in the apartment, the official said.

In retrospect,some of the clues were spread like electronic bread crumbs. Henriques was charged with second-degree murder,said a spokesman for the Brooklyn district attorneys office.

Deputy Commissioner Paul J Browne,the Police Departments spokesman,said the Internet postings added pieces to investigators knowledge. Like so many things these days,elements of this case emerged on Facebook, Browne said. To the victims relatives,it seemed unreal that the Facebook entries could foreshadow such violence. In fact,Richards did not consider the exchange she had with Henriques serious,said her sister,Schneiqua Henry,20.