Charges Against Duke Rape Accuser Crystal Mangum May be Upgraded to Murder After Reginald Daye Dies from Stab Wounds

Crystal Mangum, the woman who accused three white lacrosse players from Duke University of rape, will most likely be locked away for decades for the death of her boyfriend, Reginald Daye. She is currently being held on charges after stabbing the man in his home April 3 and those charges are expected to be upgraded since he died Wednesday.

This is in the vein of O.J. Simpson and his acquittal for the death of Nicole Brown Simpson. You see, O.J. just couldn't rest and stay out of our faces. No, he got away but was restless, until he broke the law and was locked away for years. Crystal Mangum was on a sure path to complete destruction like a runaway train. This is the fate she deserves to mete for lying about rape and literally changing the course of the lives of the three young men from Duke, who were put on display and labeled as rapists by many.

Police said Mangum, 32, stabbed Daye in the torso with a kitchen knife during a dispute at 3507 Century Oaks Drive early on April 3. Daye was taken to Duke University Hospital, and Mangum was arrested in a nearby apartment.

A man who said he was Daye's nephew called 911 to report the stabbing, saying it occurred while Daye and his girlfriend were arguing about rent money. The caller said police came to the apartment complex earlier while the couple argued, but the stabbing occurred after the officers left. Source

Crystal Mangum is trash, pure and simple. To think this woman is a mother and responsible for shaping the life of another human being. I am all for second chances for people who break the law within reason -- murderers, rapists & pedophiles, excluded. If you pay your debt to society, you should be left alone and given a chance to succeed, but if you keep engaging in criminal behavior, you need to be incarcerated for decades. Crystal Mangum got away with a light sentence for stabbing another man before and as Nancy Grace would say, these people always graduate to more heinous crimes.

Photo credit: Crystal Mangum, WRAL