(U.S.) St. Louis: Tina Isa America’s First “Honor Killing” ?

(U.S.) St. Louis: Tina Isa America’s “Honor Killing”
– first known U.S. “honor killing” in 1989 in St. Louis
– “A daughter killed by her father for causing dishonor for her family in her father’s eyes. Earlier in the day, Tina had applied for a part-time job at a local Saint Louis Wendy’s Restaurant against her parents’ wishes, and without their permission. Recently she had begun seeing a black boy from school”
– “Tina’s father stabs her with a butcher knife 13 times in the chest, while Tina’s mother Maria holds her daughter down.”