Charges upgraded to murder for father of baby Miracle

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The baby girl named Miracle, born four months premature after her mother was stabbed to death on Oct. 10, has died. Police announced Monday charges against the father had been upgraded to murder after the baby girl died.

Coroner’s officials said Sunday evening that the two-week-old girl died on Sunday. Miracle’s death has been ruled a homicide.

Her mother, 26-year-old Malakia Frazier, died on Oct. 10. Her boyfriend, who family members say is also the baby’s father, is charged with murder.
“Out of every gruesome act, there is a miracle. There is a message,” said Doris Bonneau, Frazier’s stepmother. “And we thank God for the life that’s still hanging in the balance. So we believe in God that this child will conquer and be the very expression of who she was.”

Miracle Noelle Frazier is still in intensive care, in critical but stable condition.

“She’s just a pound,” said Shanice Frazier, the victim’s sister. “She’s getting bigger and getting the treatment she needs. She’s doing [well].”

North Charleston Police charged Ricky Short, 26, with murder, attempted murder of their unborn child and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, according to a police spokesman.

He was denied bond days after the fatal stabbing.

Frazier’s family was there at the hearing.

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“We want the world to know that she played an important part of our life and she is going to be missed tremendously,” Bonneau said.

Police said they responded to the reported stabbing at Railroad Avenue at 11:25 p.m. and found a woman near Graham Street who had stab wounds to her upper body. They said the injuries were in her neck, abdomen and chest.

Short told police he got in a verbal fight with his girlfriend but heard her scream when someone else was attacking her. However, police said evidence and witnesses implicated him in the violent stabbing.

Relatives of Frazier said the couple dated for two years and did have a history of domestic violence.

“The only thing I would express is to be more sensitive to surroundings, take notice of the warnings. I’m pretty sure there had been warning signs,” Bonneau said.

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