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Johnson has been suspended from Southeastern and banned from campus while the investigation continues. Author: Devin Bartolotta / Eyewitness News (WWL) Published: 10:24 PM CDT April 8, 2021 Updated: 10:56 PM CDT April 8, 2021
HAMMOND, La. A Southeastern Louisiana University student charged with stabbing her date in a dorm room over the weekend has bonded out of the Tangipahoa Parish jail.
The victim, Draven Upchurch, a junior at Louisiana State University, was critically hurt and was left fighting to stay alive.
A university police report says the stabbing happened on the third floor of Louisiana Hall around 3 a.m. Saturday morning.
Upchurch’s mother says he was stabbed eight times, including in the lungs and stomach. She wrote on Facebook, “ I am ready to bring everyone out of the dark on Draven s incident. I refuse to use the word accident because what happened was not an accident.”
Elizabeth Grace Johnson Folsom Louisiana student stabs Draven Upchurch LSU student multiple times at her dorm room during date.
Elizabeth Grace Johnson Folsom Louisiana student stabs Draven Upchurch LSU student multiple times at her dorm room during date.
Elizabeth Grace Johnson Folsom Louisiana woman & student at Southeastern Louisiana University stabs Draven Upchurch LSU student multiple times at her dorm room during date.
A female college student in
Louisiana is alleged to have repeatedly stabbed a male student she had over for a date in her campus dorm in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Elizabeth Grace Johnson, 18, was detained by
In the late hours of Saturday, April 3, the University Police Department received a call regarding a disturbance on the third floor of Louisiana Hall.
Upon arrival at the scene, officers reported LSU student Draven Upchurch had suffered multiple stab wounds. According to police, Southeastern student Elizabeth Grace Johnson, 18, is accused of stabbing Upchurch following a dispute between the dating couple.
After authorities were called, both Upchurch and Johnson were rushed to North Oaks Medical Center, where Upchurch was brought into immediate surgery; Johnson was later booked into Tangipahoa Parish Jail on a charge of aggravated battery.
Southeastern spokesman Mike Rivault shared that Johnson is currently suspended from the university and the school is currently investigating the incident.