NYU OTR: Breaking News: NYU Prof's Daughter Found Dead, Decomposed

Breaking News: NYU Prof's Daughter Found Dead, Decomposed

Posted by TrypleDystylled 08/07/2007 11:47 AM
Category: Tags: murder, washingtonsquare, NYUprofessor

"She was a regular girl, a pretty girl, a typical college student," said Dan Lee, a filmmaker who lived down the hall. "She wasn't edgy. She's not the type of girl who would get into trouble."

While NYU Professor Teboho Moja was out of the country, her daughter, Boitumelo "Tumi" McCallum, 20, was found dead on the floor of her bedroom--- decomposed, wrapped in a sheet, between her bed and a wall and surrounded with condom wrappers and various liquors. McCallum's other two roommates, who were subletting an extra bedroom in the family's NYU apartment, said they hadn't seen McCallum in four days but noticed a strange odor from her bedroom.

Authorities are searching for McCallum's boyfriend who was at her apartment Wednesday night for a party. An autopsy was ruled inconclusive, but authorities are treating it as a murder. According to the NY Post, McCallum's love interest was often "possesive" and angry that he wasn't originally invited to her party that night. Before the boyfriend left the party, one roommate said, he stopped at the sink to wash his hands.

So, what happened? Domestic dispute? Sex gone violent? Or is the boyfriend innocent altogether? No answers yet, but when the mystery starts to unfold OTR will be all over it.

In the meantime, cops are prowling around Washington Square Village. If you happen to be there, keep the Mary Jane smoking to a minimum.

+ 9 comments

Anonymous says,

Have there been other murders in WSP? Posted 08/07/2007 12:22 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Yeah, it is really sad. My prayers are with her family. Posted 08/07/2007 4:05 PMReply

Anonymous says,

@ Anonymous: She lived on my floor and I wish like hell I'd gotten to know who better, b/c and her brother were about my age.

This neighborhood now one of the safest; our building complex houses NYU faculty. This isn't usual at all.

From what little I knew of her, I'm surprised that she'd be going out with the sort of low-life who's capable of killing a woman....she could have been with anyone. Posted 08/08/2007 3:23 PMReply

Anonymous says,

She was a beautiful, shining girl, who was also a victim of domestic violence, and subsequently, homicide, because, as she admitted, her biggest flaw was she was "too nice" and "too forgiving." Let me add to that, also too young, because she just turned 20 on July 25, not long before her murder. If she was old enough and bold enough to be "rude" and tell her ex he could not come up to her flat, and not been afraid for him to make a scene down in the lobby with the doorman, not afraid to call the cops on him if he did, she would probably be alive right now. Abused women need to STOP BEING POLITE. Stop being sucked into the abusers "poor me" syndrome. If there is anything good to come from this needless, bruital death, it will be that other abused women will see her smiling face, feel her Spirit, and connect with it, and get help, speak out, tell everyone that you are being terrorized, and end the relationship with the abuser, and DO NOT LET HIM IN, NO MATTER WHAT. Even if you have to go to classes with friends to escort you -- DO NOT GIVE IN TO THE ABUSER, or you could end up like Tumi. I speak from experience, and I am 51. It was 30 years ago, I could easily have ended up like the dear Tumi. God rest her soul. Learn from her experience. Don't make her die in vain. Posted 08/09/2007 01:08 AMReply

Anonymous says,

@ Anonymous:
From what little I knew of her, I'm surprised that she'd be going out with the sort of low-life who's capable of killing a woman....she could have been with anyone>>

You say you are surprised she'd be going out with a "low-life capable of killing a woman." You MUST be a man. LOL! There are men who abuse and kill women, all over the world, from every walk of life! Rich and poor! Educated and not! Get real! Abusing, controlling, manipulating, and killing a woman had NOTHING to do with what school you went to, what job you do, or how much money you have! Infact, the most wealthy, educated men are the ones a woman really has to worry about, because they can afford to commit a crime, and pay to have it covered-up! GET REAL! START READING! Posted 08/09/2007 01:15 AMReply

Anonymous says,

my heart goes out to her mom amd family, to hear something so tragic about a fellow south african, just saddens my heart. ladies know this that your love of a man or woman who has problems will not erase their pain or issues. you must do the most ironic thing to hepl, LEAVE THEM ALONE.it will come down to your life or theirs Posted 08/09/2007 10:53 PMReply

Anonymous says,

anyone who wishes to show their love, lets meet up at youtube to post our messages of healing for tumi's family Posted 08/09/2007 10:55 PMReply

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