A man has done the unthinkable after stabbing his girlfriend of three years to death for returning his engagement ring and breaking up with him. The man identified as Rodney Harvey after executing the gruesome act, also killed himself by jumping to his death from her apartment.
The woman identified as Julia Martin had broken up with her boyfriend before the incident happened.
According to the ChicagoTribune, Martin, a 27-year-old from Detroit, tried to save her own life. She grabbed her phone and called police about 7 p.m. She asked them to send an ambulance for her. She told them the name of the man who stabbed her.
Then she called her dad.
“Not only did she call me, she texted me while she was going through all this,” her dad, Derrick Martin said Monday. “She was calling everybody, saying that she wanted help. She called another friend and she was panting over the phone, trying to get her breath. He thought it was a prank and he hung up on her. He feels so bad.”
Unfortunately, Martin doesn’t check his phone often and didn’t see the text message from his eldest daughter until much later. It read: “Call me ASAP.”
Julia Martin was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 7:37 p.m. from multiple sharp force injuries.
Harvey, 35, of the 2300 block of South Michigan Avenue, was pronounced dead at 7:18 p.m. at the same hospital. His death was ruled a suicide.
Martin was a Michigan State graduate and a human resources supervisor at a local architecture firm. She had never given her father any reason to worry that the man she spent so much of her life with was dangerous.
She recently told him that she had started dating again, her father said.
“There was no indication he was dangerous … I never would’ve thought that in a million years,” Derrick Martin said.
She did call her dad awhile back and ask that they connect and meet in person to talk. Just last weekend, he drove down from Detroit to spend time with his church-going, go-getter girl.
“She never went into that much detail about how bad it was, she was just telling me that they had broke it off and that she was planning on giving the ring back,” he recalled.
The pair went to a winery and enjoyed each other’s company, he said. “God works in mysterious ways,” Derrick Martin said. “He must’ve known it was going to be my last time to see her.”
Julia was the adventurous and ambitious type, her father said. Once she graduated college, she took a human resources job in Houston because she was always looking for ways to challenge herself, like recently obtaining a certificate in her field that led to a raise, her dad said.
“She was strictly into her career, always striving for greatness,” he said. “She was never satisfied being stuck in one position, she always tried to get higher and higher and higher.”
Julia Martin just received her passport for a New Year’s trip she was planning to Africa, her dad said. She traveled all over the country and hoped to one day live and work in New York City. After living far away in Houston, her family was happy she was living in Chicago, close by.
She had a little sister, Jasmin Martin, 22. Her mother died two years ago, of heart complications, after 20 years of marriage, Derrick Martin said. The day they buried his wife, Jasmin told her dad she was pregnant.
Derrick Martin also has recently buried his mother, father and brother. He’s having Julia’s body moved back to Detroit for burial. Now, Jasmin and her son, Cameron, are the only close family Derrick Martin has left.
“I just pray, I just ask God to give me strength,” he said. “It’s like he keeps taking people that’s close to me and I don’t know why. You can’t question God, you just figure there’s a plan. And you pray.”
Rip
That man must be jailed….. Is that the only girl in the world that he can marry….
Jailed??? Please how are you going to do that if the man also killed himself?
If the man kill himself…then there is no problem again since he has had his own taste too…
True talk
RIP is what I can say to that lady
d guy should go to hell cus dats were he belong……if it was ma sister nd it wud neva b i swear i must stab him d way he stabbd her.
Lwnkmd… Calm down na …ur blood too hot biko
Evil will not befall us
E no hard to judge, just stab d man too make them go they fight their fight for beyond .
He has killed himself…
Really Jimoh E Nancy ??? I didn’t bother reading the article.
D man took his life also
Really? Thats what we call love and do u know the guy how sure er u?
That’s better.
Yabaleft ona too de lie please guy check CNN well
So na CNN nor dey lie ????
Facebook n AIT who lie pass
3 years????what do u expect before mr.man??that she should continue waiting for you??anyway RIP 2 d deceased
babe RIP bt try as much as u can nd revenge ur death dat guy must die
That serves her right…..after 3 gud years of relationship Ur nw saying Ur nat interested anymore…..he should have even killed u instead instantly
So she should be lord of the ring baa .
U wicked ooo, God forgive you
Same to you heartless human being
Is unfair na…..put urself in dah guy’s shoes na..abeg ….Ur saying diz cuz Ur a lady Nd wat u can do abi
U a fool for saying dat nuisance
All these evil men like Akinnimi Oluwashina are the problem of this world. If a girl rejects you after some years,check ur stupid self not stab her to dead. Evil soul.
I pity your girlfriend….because she done sign her death warrant when she accepted you…
Excuse me…..watch Ur tongue abeg
So she should be waiting for three years…y did he engage her in d first place n not marry her immediately… Abeg she is a woman n her age dey go…dah guy deserves a good punishment..
What d meaning of all diz trash……I dnt knw u so what Ur problem
Watch your soul please. Your heart is desperately wicked from your comment. Out of the abundance of the heart,the mouth speaketh. U jst did.
Guy u are a devil
WISHING UR SISTER D SAME FAITH AS D DEAD GIRL IF SHE FIND HERSELF IN D DEAD GIRLS SHOES IS NOT AN INSULT O…..
So if someone did this to ur sister you will say that’s good for her man ur retarded and u need brain evaluation burn ur self bfr u burn others guy try get small sense biko
Heyy wu d hell r u huh…see hw ur talking sef to a person online
Guy ur very wicked n heartless….. What if she was ur Sister I pity ur girlfriend
So …. If you are online nko…..
No b una fault sef….if I no reply una maybe una no go sharrap……birds of d xame feathers…mofoz
Bring ur sis or ur family make them do am like this oloshi
Ask Google so you know it online and u open ur gutter mouth to talk bad about the dead….
Then who’s fault nobody forced you to type initially
He doen’t know it will boomerang just seeking attention on social media heartless human being smh for you haaa odaju nie u dont have human feelings beast of no gender
Ha!! U guyz should learn hw to mind ur business oo….. they posted diz online just to drop ur comment Nd gerrout Nd nat to reply someone’s else comment….. moreover pwetty Lizzie instead of haggard Lizzie pls mind ur speech…have never insulted anyone nor Ur families so pls check urself
I pity ur girl friend
Since he did the right thing, either ur sister or ur daughter will be treated the same way…so u come online just like u called it and tell us what’s up
na wa ooo. make dem kill themselves so dey go fight 2nd round for heaven.mcthew
Na by force to marry, if na my sister dat guy stabs to death na to use thesame knife stab him back. The Babe say she nt want again na for u to free her ,marriage no be by force.
Sharap.. They go stab u join..
See this fine girl don die now…..watin pesin do some men for this life self.she don’t want again you let her go nah than taking her life.
I just tire… ?
True talk
True talk
my dear..dis is what happen when u trade with demons in one body..
Na by force! Even persin wey dem don pay her dowry sef dey divorce
I just tire o
Why would you engage a girl for three years…that’s enslavement
True talk
Speechless
What a nonsense
He’s mad I swear!!! Rubbish!!
Anger and depression can be hard at times to control…….on the other hand…common bro…she ain’t lord or the rings….3 whole years
Sad
Lord of the rings got me ??
Hahahaha
Ha ha ha lord of d rings funny guy
U dey mind d heartless monkey?
Enjoy
3 year of daring I would return that shit in a 1 If u not marry me
How can u engage a lady for good three years without getting married to her
Engaged for 3 years, na course? Shai! But people wicked oo.
Yabaleft abeg where una dey see all these news? am tired.. I need to they update my own news
Rip
3 years haba…..
If u truly love her u won’t just kill her just like dat u are wicked nd God will punish u for dat
So sad he should have killed himself.
After makin her a ring bearer for 3wasted years,u still get mind kill her…u sef deserve 6ft..
The guy no do well at all na, a whole 3yrs shey na engagement degree she dey read? May her soul rest in peace…. And i hope some ladies can take this as a warning also because some guys out there are not ready to settle down so in order to make the chiquita stay with them, they propose marriage with a ring just to tie her down.
True talk
True talk
dat is y if any guy bring ring out to engage me i will say dude, no vex pls hold d ring well for me i think i need most in d altar..
Hahaha you are right
Guy u dn take ganger ne? Me self nw am on hrt break,bter go c docter luv.
She shud not ve returned d ring,break up n move on
dis pure wickedness
Let it be just 3days after your death that you come to take his life RIP
So bad
Thank God he declared judgement for himself by killing himself, may their soul rest in peace
How can a murderer rest in peace? To hell fire and no rest in peace in hell fire.
Only God almighty determine whether he rest in peace or in hell fire
But why?
Well done Sir, after she empty his account she want to leave him God punished devil
Your foolishness is far above 100%
I can’t believe this,even if she did,did she deseve to die?.for you to think like means you can kill
I pray it shouldn’t hapn to ur sister
God know whether an foolish or not but those girls are too wicked and heartless too,rubbish
I pray too for u to kill human being like u he so heartless
@mber month nobody is foolish here biko
Bros naija gals can beg, i never see.poverty just surround dem.as if dem no folo guys go school. A good lesson for them. But he must go to jail ASAP
#Mbua you money lovers this what supposed to the happened to girls, if my sister or even my daughter don’t keep her nyash one place anything which she seen let her manage it I don’t defend rubbish,
I wander your parents are poor but you don’t want to manage life with them but don’t want to hustle too and you you looking BMW Range Rover sports that will be moving u from one place to another, God punished lazy 9ja girls,
You wanted to date her for 12 years before you take her to the alter abi?
Women please suggest what we should do to this nincompoop of a man
He need to follow her ni ooo
Don’t waste your breath, he is dead too .he is said to died even before the lady by suicide @7:18 whiles the lady died @7:37 .
Wot else Dan to start cutting is stupid stinky dick in pieces till he dies..
Why give her ring and wait for long
Okay na
dat means dat d guy did nt luv d lady
They dated for 3 years not engaged for 3 years. The guy is wrong but something is wrong somewhere, so let’s not judge until we hear the full gist!!! #justmyopinionsha#
What else do u need to hear or know that doent mean he should kill her now hes heartless
Bros no amount of gist ll makes him kill her
Right evergreen
If you click on the link maybe you will know why I said full gist cos d guy killed him self too even he died before the lady.
Mr ben..really..so tell us what else could the case dat will a man kill his babe and even kill himself if not dat he is possessed by demons..
Dat is wundr
Is it by force?
Why is some men like this? They can date women sleep with them, some will even cook for them for so many years and this men later leave them for another woman but nobody kill them God punish him …..
Ladies should wakeup from their slumber most guys doesn’t deserve it
He killed himself
Hmmmm my sister
Na wa oh!
Na waoooooo, women don finish?
I hate long dating
You even get beta babe wey dey return your ring if na some ring you no see, babe you no see. Crazy you and be ready cus na babe go kill you too
I never gave a woman a ring before, rather three women i been with gave me rings…i don’t know what it is like giving a woman ring..
Isorite o just wait for your turn sir coz he who kill by d sword must surely die by the sword
Do u know how much of his money n time she has wasted?wen u come to poor children dat can beg and wreck a man look at a Nigerian girl.#beggars. But for killing this fine bitch bros go serve ur warrant/ #jailhim
Wat ar u sayiny..wat is d guy waiting for to get married to her
U ar saying rubbish
Lekwam le eshishi ooooh, I’m free to my opinion biko. One of dem i guess
#JailHim after he is dead…. Read the full story, don’t just read headline na
If the girl wasted his time then y did he also kill his self .engage a girl for three years and u say the girl wasted his time.he enslaved the girl thereby wasting her time
Osonubi Olugbenga Olusegun for all i care he deserves jail for life
Dem de tell u say person kill himself u de talk of jail for life…Abi dem de arrest dead body? E be like say u no read de story
Chiamaka Faustina u see me for dream? He knew he wouldn’t be free that’s why he took his life to avoid a life term jail.tryandunderstandmetoobeforeyoucomment
Hmmmm….men demmmmmm!
lord of d ring. after 3 years what is he expecting. na wa o
Wada 3years or 4yrs or 7yrs DAT is not d problem it depends when d money comes but killing her is d worst mistake d would have been a way out for dam to settle
this guy made the worst choice because he lack knowledge, well see himself @d gallow.
Wicked word,men gals be wise
Datz wat happens wen u date d wrng person
The guy no try but some heartbreaks are hard to bear that can easily lead u to kill urself or kill somebody..but am very sure he did it out of frustration and annoyance and must have regretted doing it now i therefore solicit that justice should be tempered with mercy
Y didn’t he married d gal….wat is engagement
@Anabel Not everyone is financially okay that can do everything at once the delay might be because of money
Which justice again? Did you just read the headline alone…. Read the full story, the boy also committed suicide immediately by jumping out of the window and he died before the girl eventually
Hmmmmm…in oh? Chim
This is just a madness. There is meny fishes in the ocean, why killing one another
Well may her soul Rest In peace.
It’s not compulsory she must marry the guy after engagement, d guy for look for another fine girl na……dem no fit ask continue their love for hellfire ooo
Why accepting it in d 1st place? Babe look, u must marry him even in death
Pls, kneel down lemme pray fr u
Imagine?
If true say u kill us gf bcos she returned ur ring, bros u get more than mind I wonder waiting she Don pass true for ur hand for d past 3gud yrs! Women wake up!
All he has done for her…may be is too much….nonsence
better for her,why didn’t she tell him b4 being engaged…
Why would she go to return ring, she will say it from a far and send some1 to give it to him. She brought it upon herself.
3yrs na small thing self,I know of a frnd who dated his gal since 2006 and now they are married 2016,but what am trying to picture now is that,the gal is trying to pay back the man for keeping her waiting for 3yrs.
May her soul rest in peace
D man no well he need bad punishment…
Why him go engage d girl for 3yrs without marriage
D girl na lord of d rings….
Chai
Abi ooooh
Nonsense how can u engage a woman for 3 yesrs
HMMMM
Three years and u kill her, d u ask her why or d u even know the kind of pressure she was going through in our parents house. Guys reason well b4 u act and I believe u get d kind of punishment u desire.
Dem say food way you no go chop no carry ham smell nose
Now that she is dead what did you gain from it people should learn how to control their anger at times
Oooo no
Love does not kill
Hmmm
That’s so sad
Uhhhhh
3 years is too much ohhh he had just put that ring there to keep men away from this girl it’s so sad rest in peace beautiful
May be d guy money don enter recession she wan run. But death is too extreme.
How can you engage a woman for good three years without getting married.
Hmm
heheee….let her go n luv others n hell
Me I no badu engagement ring ooooo hol lam Weller…or u give it to me on d alter…..how can u engage a girl for 3 years ……becks of that she will be losing d ones that supposed to be her hobbby wot kind of world is this……so painful rest in peace…..
both of them are not tried enough shaa…..but Rip to her instead
But why will a man engage a lady for this number of years?
Three fucking good years, dat’s monitoring spirit.. The guy need deliverance.. Guess he picks the ring on the street,,,, Aboki
Has it turn to that hah!
Wat a painful tragedy
Sey na by force?
That guy is evil, is not a must that people marry each other after dating, some will date for 5yrs or more than but at the end they will go their separate ways. Please they should examine this guy to know weda his is insane
Nonsence engagment guys if u won’t to marry u marry.. stop dis ur fake engagment..stop wasteing lady’s time.
I’m not in support of the guys action, but if it were to be a guy that returned the ring, ladies will be like ,’CHEAT, AFTER DATING FOR THREE YEARS YOU ARE SETTLING WITH SOMEONE YOU THINK IS BETTER’. Let’s try to be rational at times. RIP
Is it by face? Dat to show if they got married he may kill her..
Hummmmmmm nsogbu.
DAT MAN IS AN ANIMAL BIG OME AT DAT.APE HE IS. SHE NO TRY? GUY NO GO FIT DATE ME FOR THREE YRS AND U NO TALK ABOUT MARRIAGE MY DEAR NO BE DO OR DIE STUFF OOO WIT SPEED I GO FIND D MOVING CAR BEFORE I GO ENTER KEKE WEY PERSON GO D PUSH FOR BACK BEFORE MOVING. BUT IF I HAPPEND TO BE D GIRL I WILL COME BACK AND TAKE HIM WIT ME JUST TO BALANCE D MATHIMATICS HE STARTED.
Hmmmmm this world
Engagement for 3 yrs? Abi her hand na key holder ?? While d girl is resting in peace, d idiot should b resting in jail ,it’s as simple as ABC
Is she lord of the ring? Maybe someone that is serious is coming for her that might be her airm of returning the ring…RIP nne
This is serious issue. I wonder this kind man. Love is not force
Why stabbing her instead
see fine girl
The ring turn key holder
Haaaaaaaaaaa WUD SHE DO DAT
I dnt need any interpretaion 4 dis wicked man action dis is one of d reason d girl return d ring to u.she see d devil in u early n how hot tampered u could be.RIP GIRL GOD WIL PUNISH HIM 4 U O
Girls of nawadayz, promise and fail. Thatz the result,is a pitty.
Fuck up man
Woo betide him