Police have charged a suspect in the fatal stabbing of Clay Beathard, the starting quarterback on the Long Island University football team, brother of an NFL player and grandson of a former NFL general manager.

Beathard, 22, and 21-year-old Paul Trapeni III were stabbed Saturday, Dec. 21 at 2:50 a.m. in Nashville, Tennessee during a fight involving several persons outside the Dogwood Bar & Grill at 1907 Division Street, in midtown, according to Metro Nashville Police.

The stabbings appear to have resulted from an argument over a woman that began inside the bar and then turned physical when the parties went outside, police said. The dispute began over an unwanted advancement made by a man toward the woman in the bar, police added.

Multiple persons were involved in the outdoor fight during which the two men were both fatally stabbed in their sides.

Beathard, of Thompson Station, Tennessee, and Trapeni, of Franklin, Tennessee, were both transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where they died.

A third stabbing victim, Alvin Jefferson (A.J.) Bethurum, 21, suffered injuries to his eye and arm and is continuing to recover, said police.

Police now say 23-year-old Michael Mosley has been charged with two counts of criminal homicide and one count of attempted criminal homicide.

Mosley has a long rap sheet that includes multiple aggravated burglary, attempted aggravated burglary and drug-related arrests and convictions dating back five years.

Mosley has been identified as being present both inside and outside of the Dogwood Bar, including when the fight occurred, police said.

Beathard, a 6-foot-1, 190-pound junior, appeared in seven games before missing the remainder of the season due to injury this season.

He completed 52-percent of his pass attempts (94-for-182), throwing for 1,071 yards and four touchdowns.

Beathard was the son of country music songwriter Casey Beathard and Susan Beathard.

Clay Beathard’s brother, C.J., is a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers picked up an emotional 34-31 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday night after C.J. had returned home to Tennessee prior to the game to be with his family.

”The 49ers family was shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the tragedy involving C.J. Beathard’s younger brother, Clayton,” the 49ers said in a statement. “We extend our heartfelt sympathies to C.J. and the entire Beathard family as they cope with the unthinkable loss of a loved one.

Another brother, Tucker Beathard, is a country music singer/songwriter.

Grandfather, Bobby Beathard, is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame after winning four Super Bowls as an NFL general manager with four different teams: the Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins, Washington Redskins and San Diego Chargers.

“Clay was an amazing, big and soft-hearted human being with an undeniable love for the Lord,” the Beathard family said in a statement. “He had his family’s, friends’ and teammates’ backs even to a fault. I wish he would have been more inclined to take the high road but he hated ‘wrong.’

“That is what we will hold in our hearts because we know he is smiling now. He always worried about all of our welfare, never his own.”

Clay Beathard is also survived by sisters Channing and Tatum.

LIU football coach Bryan Collins said Clay Beathard had a “love of life, people, especially his teammates” and was a “shining light in our program.”

“All of my thoughts and prayers are with the Beathard Family,” Collins added. “Clay, you will be remembered always.”

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Ex-PBA player nabbed for stabbing partner

Robertzon Ramirez (The Philippine Star) – May 6, 2018 – 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines — Former Philippine Basketball Association player Mark Reynan Cardona was arrested yesterday morning after he allegedly stabbed his partner in Barangay San Antonio, Makati City.

Cardona allegedly brought Bianca Nicole Jackes, 25, to the Makati Medical Center after she sustained stab wounds on her left arm, according to a police report.

The Makati police said Cardona allegedly attacked Jackes during a heated argument in their condominium unit.

Cardona is facing charges of physical injuries and is detained at the Makati police station, city police chief Senior Superintendent Gerardo Umayao said.

Cardona was previously charged with estafa and violation of Presidential Decree 1612, or the Anti-Fencing Law, before the Pasay prosecutor’s office after he allegedly pawned a stolen Subaru Forester for P300,000 in Pasay City.

The Highway Patrol Group said the charges were filed against Cardona when a certain Michelle Flores informed them about the vehicle’s status after learning from the Land Transportation Office that it was included in the agency’s list of stolen vehicles.

Cardona was formerly a player of Talk and Text, Meralco Bolts, Air21 Express, NLEX Road Warriors and Global Port Batang Pier.

The London man accused of back-to-back stabbings Tuesday night that left one man dead and another injured was a former junior hockey player with a troubled past that involved severe drug addiction and an armed robbery conviction.  

Tony Huff-Williams, 35, of London, has been charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of 44-year-old Roy Joseph Gowdy Tuesday evening on Grey Street — a man friends and family are remembering as a generous father and grandpa who would go the extra mile for those he loved.  

Just three hours before, and only four blocks away from where Gowdy was killed, a 25-year-old man was stabbed at 241 Simcoe St. 

The man hurt at the Simcoe Street apartment complex around 6:30 p.m. was rushed to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said Thursday.

When police arrived at 530 Grey St. at about 9:55 p.m., Gowdy was rushed to hospital where he later died of his injuries.

Huff-Williams has been charged with assault, uttering threats and aggravated assault in the first attack, along with first-degree murder for Gowdy’s death.

He was arrested downtown late Tuesday evening, London police said Thursday.

The charges stemming from twin attacks are the latest chapter in Huff-William’s tumultuous past.

He had once been a promising athlete, joining the Plymouth Whalers in the Ontario Hockey League in 2000. But when behavioural issues cropped up and he was released by the team, his life took a turn for the worse.

In the years that followed, Huff-Williams battled mental health issues and drug addiction, details that emerged at his sentencing for the crack-cocaine fuelled knife-point robbery of a cab driver in 2011.

He was sentenced to three years in prison for the armed robbery.

At the time, the court heard Huff-Williams had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and depression and was struggling with substance abuse issues.  

Huff-Williams is being held in custody after the two stabbings Tuesday night. Police would not say if Gowdy and the accused were known to each other. 

The slain man’s friends and family are reeling from the sudden loss, the city’s second homicide investigation this year.

“It just makes no sense and that’s the hardest part to accept,” said Darleen Johnston, a longtime friend.

“He was such an easy going guy. . . . For this to happen, it’s a shock. I still feel like he’ll walk through the door any moment.”

Gowdy had been taking care of Johnston’s puppy all day Tuesday before returning to the Grey Street home he shared with his mother.

Over the years, the 44-year-old had held down odd jobs in carpentry, hospitality and landscaping. He was recently laid off from a job at a dog treat manufacturer and was looking for work, Johnston said. 

“He was just a kind and gentle soul. . . . He was always a giver, never a taker,” she said.

Neither Johnston or her husband Randy McKenzie, who have both known Gowdy for years, had ever heard him mention Huff-Williams.

“Roy and I, we talked about everything. No secrets,” McKenzie said. “So I really don’t understand who this is or why this happened.” 

Gowdy had two children, a son and a daughter, and had just become a grandfather nine months ago, his former partner Christyl Cartier said.

Gowdy lost his dad to cancer when he was in his twenties, Cartier said. He was close with his mom and took care of her.

 “We didn’t always see eye-to-eye, but he was a good person. Over the last three months, I’ve seen a change and he was actually trying to get back into his children’s life,” she said.

“He was turning his life around and actually doing well. The time my kids had with him was taken away.”

jbieman@postmedia.com

 

OSKALOOSA, Iowa —

A man accused of killing a college basketball player in Oskaloosa says he was defending himself.

Twenty-three-year-old Luke VanHemert is charged with second-degree murder, accused of stabbing to death 22-year-old Marquis Todd earlier this month. Todd played for William Penn University.

The Des Moines Register reports that VanHemert says in court documents that the stabbing of Todd “was an act of self-defense” but doesn’t provide more details.

Authorities think a car carrying Todd and two friends returned to the scene of a car crash outside VanHemert’s Oskaloosa house three times on the night of March 1, and that a fight broke out on the third trip back.

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