River Neveah Goddard ("Phoenixx")
Age 175 Apr 2024
Stow, Massachusetts (USA)
Stabbed
River died after being stabbed by their boyfriend.
Shane Curry, 20, was arrested and charged with assault and battery on a household or family member and assault and battery causing serious bodily injury. Curry had been diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2020.
Curry allegedly told police that he stabbed Goddard several times with a sword, according to Boston 25 News.
A non-binary teenager has been found dead, after being reported missing when they were 15.
The body of River Nevaeh Goddard, 17, was reportedly found by police in Stow, Massachusetts, on 3 April while responding to a welfare check request at the home of [their] boyfriend, Shane Curry.
Curry reportedly blocked the entrance to his home for more than two hours before authorities were able to gain access, and found Goddard’s body.
Curry, 20, was arrested and charged with assault and battery on a household or family member and assault and battery causing serious bodily injury. A not guilty plea was entered when he appeared at Concord District Court on Monday (22 April).
According to court paperwork, Curry was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2020.
Goddard, who used both their chosen name, River, and birth name Nevaeh, went missing in April 2022.
According to GLAAD, Goddard used she/her and they/them pronouns and identified as pansexual.
https://www.advocate.com/crime/nonbinary-river-goddard-nevaeh-killed
https://www.them.us/story/river-nevaeh-goddard-nonbinary-teen-cuddly-nature-found-dead-shane-curry
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/23/river-nevaeh-goddard-found-dead/
https://www.nigeriabombshell.com/shane-curry-stow/
https://glaad.org/remembering-river-neveah-goddard/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1570448163283501/posts/3704947399833556/
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6EVIfvtrib/
https://twitter.com/notisaidtheworm/status/1776969591417159782
https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-nevaeh-goddard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRim1NmVApY
https://web.archive.org/web/20240407002506/https://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/1448190/1
