Shemel Mercurius, a 16-year-old female of Guyanese descent, had her life tragically cut short on May 31, 2016, in her East Flatbush, Brooklyn apartment. Shemel had immigrated to the United States from Guyana just four years prior, seeking a better life and aspiring to become a nurse. On that fateful evening, she was babysitting her 3-year-old cousin when a man forced his way into the residence. That man was 24-year-old Taariq Stephens. After a brief, heated exchange where Stephens reportedly tol
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