A witness has told a court how she looked on in shock as E’Dena Hines, the granddaughter of legendary actor Morgan Freeman, uttered her last words before she died after being stabbed.

The 33-year-old was allegedly stabbed 25 times by her long-term boyfriend Lamar Davenport, aged 30, last year on August 16 in the middle of Manhattan, New York.

Witness Cristina Aviles, a 22-year-old nursing student, told members of the court Hines was with a group of friends when she was approached by Davenport, who was her live-in boyfriend at the time, at 162nd Street in Washington Heights.

She recalls how the two proceeded to have a very public argument before Davenport took a weapon and proceeded to stab Hines 25 times. As she lay dying she asked her killer ‘Why are you doing this?’.

Giving evidence in court, Aviles says:

" They were arguing. She was on the [ground], and he was on top of her, restraining her, stopping her from getting loose from his grip.

I proceeded to call the cops. He was yelling things about releasing the devil out of her and then he pulled out a knife.

He was yelling things about releasing the devil out of her and then he pulled out a knife. There was multiple stabs — the back, and then on the front of her chest and her neck.

According to the New York Post, she also described in graphic detail how Davenport reportedly raised the murder weapon to the level of his forehead before bringing it down and plunging it into his victim – doing so around 25 times.

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