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Mourners flood funeral held for tragic NYC mom beaten to death in front of 7-year-old daughter: I’m very devastated

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Moore, T., & Roberts, G. (2026, September 20). Mourners flood funeral held for tragic NYC mom beaten to death in front of 7-year-old daughter: I’m very devastated. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/19/us-news/funeral-held-as-moms-accused-killer-held-in-rikers/

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New York Post · collected 2026-09-20 · by Tina Moore, Georgett Roberts

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Hundreds of people attended a funeral at Canaan Baptist Church in Harlem for Lovay Williams, who was beaten to death on September 6 in front of her 7-year-old daughter. The service featured tributes from family members, including Williams' brother Nuquan Williams Jr., and friends who praised her positive spirit. Her alleged killer, Tiliek Thompson, faces a murder charge and is in custody at Rikers Island jail.
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Hundreds of mourners gathered at Canaan Baptist Church in Harlem on Saturday for the funeral of Lovay Williams, a mother brutally beaten to death in front of her 7-year-old daughter earlier this month. A carriage pulled by two white horses, adorned with Williams' photo and decorated in white and gold trim, transported her casket from the church to the service location. During the ceremony, the young girl was escorted up to view her mother's open casket, where Lovay was dressed in a green dress, light white jacket, gold necklace, and tiara. The funeral was attended by Williams' family members, including her heartbroken brother Nuquan Williams Jr., who wore a necklace with his sister’s picture during the service.

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Tina Moore
33 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 “I didn’t feel like there was anyone I could go to,” the mother of an 8-year-old son told The Post in an exclusive interview.
🔮 “They probably couldn’t understand what she was saying.”
🔮 He then asked her if she’d been to church lately while moving closer and telling her he couldn’t hear her over the wind.
🔮 “Bel and I would often discuss how women who suffered violence would rarely have a voice.
🔮 Photos of other domestic violence victims, including Lovay Williams, stood nearby.
🔮 “He’s a menace to society,” one shaken resident said of Belgal — who Mayor Zohran Mamdani outrageously called a “New Yorker” whose he tried to negotiate as he railed against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
🔮 D’Angelo Caraballo, 25, and Sneider Mejia, 24, both from the Dominican Republic, were found by the US Marshals Service hiding in a basement of a home in Lynn and taken into custody overnight, according to the NYPD. They will be brought back to New York City to face attempted murder charges, the department said.
🔮 “He ran toward the danger and stopped the terrorist with a perfectly executed tackle, one that any NFL coach would be proud of.”
🔮 He would come hug up his mom.
🔮 The men wanted for brutally stabbing and slashing an off-duty NYPD detective seven times during a Bronx robbery could be seen making their getaway in new surveillance footage released by police Saturday.
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🔮 Bystanders were mercifully able to flag down police and stop trains from barreling into the station until they could free her from the roadbed, but she was severly injured.
🔮 Renzi witnessed as many as 400 bikes “blocking sidewalks and causing mayhem” at any given time, she said — with deliveristas treating the corner as a waiting room between Uber Eats and Seamless orders.
🔮 The heavy patrol will include helicopters, drones, thousands of police barricades and more along the 26.2-mile route — which officials lined with colorful strips of paint Wednesday.
🔮 She may have strangled her daughter, prosecutors revealed at her arraignment Friday.
🔮 Photos of other domestic violence victims, including Lovay Williams, stood nearby.
🔮 Jacob Freytes’ mother, meanwhile, ripped New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s calls for ICE to “be abolished” after the bloody run-in with Belgal this week — which sparked rowdy anti-ICE protests across the Big Apple.
🔮 Several plaintiffs seated in the courtroom gallery applauded after Simpson finished his arguments, earning a light chastising from Circuit Court Judge William Nardini. “Please, this is not a moment for such things,” Nardini said after hearing the smattering of clapping.
🔮 “[Islam] told me this job comes with a lot of stress, but at the end of the day you could help lots of people, whoever needs your help, and you’ll feel good about yourself,” said Ahmed.
🔮 The unidentified man was rushed to Brookdale Hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after 5 p.m. The storm, which began pounding the metro area late Friday, is expected to dump up to 8 inches of rain by the time it moves offshore Monday.
🔮 PS 307 Daniel Hale Williams school, located in Vinegar Hill, was underutilized, at just 50% capacity.
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Canaan Baptist Church The Post Washington Heights

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Williams PERSON · 4× Alvarez PERSON · 2× Lovay PERSON · 2× Canaan Baptist Church ORG · 1× Lovay Williams PERSON · 1× Nuquan Williams Jr. PERSON · 1× The Post ORG · 1× Tiliek Thompson PERSON · 1× Washington Heights GPE · 1× Williams Jr. PERSON · 1×

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At one point during the funeral mass, the little girl was escorted up to the open casket to see her mother, who was wearing a green dress with a light, white jacket, a gold necklace and a gold tiara — with her hands crossed in front of her.
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🔮 Hundreds of mourners flooded a Harlem church Saturday to say their final goodbyes to Lovay Williams, the beloved mother brutally beaten to death in front of her 7-year-old daughter earlier this month.

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Hundreds of mourners flooded a Harlem church Saturday to say their final goodbyes to Lovay Williams, the beloved mother brutally beaten to death in front of her 7-year-old daughter earlier this month. asserted
Hundreds → flood → daughter
A white carriage pulled by two white horses, and displaying a photo of Williams, transported her white with gold trim casket to Canaan Baptist Church on West 116th Street in Harlem for her funeral. asserted
carriage → pull → funeral
Williams’ heartbroken brother, Nuquan Williams Jr., wore a necklace containing his sister’s picture around his neck to the somber service. asserted
brother → wear → service
“Right now, I’m very devastated,” he told The Post. asserted
he → ’m → Post
His niece — who was found in the apartment when police arrived and discovered Williams had been savagely beaten — wore a green dress to the ceremony, one of her mom’s favorite colors. asserted
Williams → find → colors
“She’s in loving spirits,” Williams Jr., said of his niece. asserted
Jr. → ’ → niece
“She’s strong for her mom, and she has a bunch of support. asserted
she → ’ → support
You know, me, all my family, work for the state, city … so she’s gonna be well taken care of. asserted
she → know → care
At one point during the funeral mass, the little girl was escorted up to the open casket to see her mother, who was wearing a green dress with a light, white jacket, a gold necklace and a gold tiara — with her hands crossed in front of her. asserted
hands → escort → her
Inside the church, congregants sang and wept for the mom whose boyfriend, Tiliek Thompson, allegedly killed her on Sept. 6 in Washington Heights. uncertain
boyfriend → sing → Heights
Thompson sits in a jail cell on Rikers Island and faces a murder charge. The victim’s grandfather, Jose Chango Alvarez, said he hurts having lost his granddaughter. asserted
he → sit → granddaughter
“But at the same time, I feel blessed that she’s somewhere peaceful in God’s hand, and she not feeling no pain,” Alvarez, 65 said, as a choir sang during the mass. asserted
choir → feel → mass
“Even though she was taken too early from us, life is gonna move on, but we’re gonna move on in her name, Lovay.” asserted
we → take → name
And he assured that his great-granddaughter would get through it. asserted
granddaughter → assure → it
“She’s gonna be okay, because we gonna keep her strong,” Alvarez said. asserted
Alvarez → go → her
Some mourners donned a green T-shirt with a photo of Williams on it, reading “Forever 27.” asserted
mourners → don → Forever
Giana Brown called her an “amazing person” and one of her best friends in middle school. asserted
Brown → call → school
“She always put people before her, like, always putting a smile on somebody’s face,” the friend recalled. asserted
friend → put → face
“If you know how her spirit is definitely, like, she has a pure spirit as a person.” asserted
she → know → person
She was also clad in green. asserted
She → clothe → green
“Of course, I had to wear green as one of her favorites,” she said. asserted
she → have → favorites
At the conclusion of mass, four doves were released outside the church to cheers from the crowd. asserted
doves → release → crowd
People cheered “we love you” and someone shouted “Lovay is gone” as her body was lifted into the carriage and whisked away. asserted
body → cheer → carriage
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