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Humiliated’ dad stabbed daughter to death with gold knife for ‘asking him to watch her children too often’
Law&Crime ^ | Apr 1st, 2025 | Jerry Lambe ,

Posted on 04/02/2025 6:22:36 AM PDT by george76

A 64-year-old man in Indiana is likely to spend the remainder of his days behind bars for killing his own daughter, allegedly fatally stabbing her because he felt “humiliated” because she constantly left her children with him.

Knox County Circuit Judge Monica Gilmore on Monday ordered Fritzner Antoine to serve 60 years in a state correctional facility for the horrific slaying of Sterline Antoine Joseph, authorities announced.

According to a news release from the Knox County Prosecutor’s Office, officers with the Vincennes Police Department at about 7 a.m. on June 24, 2023, responded to a call regarding a possible stabbing at a home in the 1400 block of Audubon Road, which is about 115 miles southwest of Indianapolis.

Upon arriving at the scene, first responders found a 30-year-old woman — later identified as Joseph — suffering from what appeared to be multiple stab wounds, Terre Haute NBC affiliate WTWO reported. She was pronounced dead on the scene.

Joseph’s two children were at the residence and “heard their mother’s screams as she was killed by her father (their grandfather),” according to prosecutors.

Antoine readily confessed to the killing, telling investigators his daughter had “disrespected him” by “asking him to watch her children too often.”

“Antoine stated that Victim 1 ‘humiliated’ him and continually left her children with him. Antoine stated that he selected a ‘gold’ ‘table knife’ from near the sink in the residence,” police wrote in a probable cause affidavit. “Antoine stated that he intended to ‘flog’ Victim 1 for being disrespectful to him, he had the knife in his hand, so he ‘did it.'”

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When police told Antoine that he was being placed under arrest for killing his daughter, he reportedly responded, “Yes, I agree.”

“The man said he selected a gold knife and stabbed her in the head or wherever else he could,” prosecutors wrote in the release.

The 60-year sentence handed down by Gilmore aligned with the duration recommended by prosecutors. The judge also addressed the court prior to giving Antoine a de facto life sentence.

“Members of the victim’s family were here today. 60 years or 600 years doesn’t change their lives,” she said. “Seeing the woman’s husband, her mother and other family members today helped make it clear what the limits of our system are. We try every single day to make a difference, but sometimes there really isn’t any justice or closure. All that we can do is keep trying to do what is right, keep trying to make a difference, and be willing to believe that sometimes what we do matters — even when it doesn’t seem to.”

Antoine and his daughter had both recently moved to Vincennes, Indiana, from Haiti when he killed her,


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: africa; crime; fritznerantoine; haiti; indiana; jerrylambe; knoxcounty; monicagilmore; sterlinejoseph; vincennes
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1 posted on 04/02/2025 6:22:36 AM PDT by george76
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https://www.vincennespbs.org/2025/04/01/man-sentenced-in-his-daughters-murder/


2 posted on 04/02/2025 6:27:02 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Somali?


3 posted on 04/02/2025 6:28:52 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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Probably Obama Import, probably from Haiti.


4 posted on 04/02/2025 6:29:06 AM PDT by Surrounded_too (LE)
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Haitian in America........why didnt he stay in Haiti where he belongs?

5 posted on 04/02/2025 6:29:07 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray...."Our Father, who art in heaven......")
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Oh... Haiti. I read this, thinking I had never heard first names like that before, and then just... this isn’t a typical crime for any of the cultures I’m familiar with.


6 posted on 04/02/2025 6:29:27 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: george76
Antoine and his daughter had both recently moved to Vincennes, Indiana, from Haiti when he killed her,

Another criminal illegal alien. Maybe Jamie Ratskin or Dummy Boasberg would like to sponsor him and provide him with food, shelter and spending money now that he won't be babysitting for his daughter anymore. Somebody should have told him we don't do things in America the way they do them in Haiti.

7 posted on 04/02/2025 6:30:47 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If you're an average "middle American", white supremacist Sen. Chrissy Coons called you stupid.)
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To: HamiltonJay

Haitians are crazier than Somalians. By a factor of 10.


8 posted on 04/02/2025 6:32:06 AM PDT by anton
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Probably Obama Import, probably from Haiti.

Always read post to the end.

Antoine and his daughter had both recently moved to Vincennes, Indiana, from Haiti when he killed her,

9 posted on 04/02/2025 6:33:43 AM PDT by econjack
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To: george76

All cultures are equally valid! Diversity is our strength!

Or something like that.


10 posted on 04/02/2025 6:33:58 AM PDT by SharpenedEdge (Stockpile. Prepare. Arm. Train. A Storm is coming.)
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Well, he won’t be watching the kids anymore, but better watch his backside in prison.


11 posted on 04/02/2025 6:34:09 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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PS: If you find yourself living near a Haitian . . move. They will eat your cat and stab you kid in the eye for walking by. Batshit nutz all of them. Plus Voodoo.


12 posted on 04/02/2025 6:34:30 AM PDT by anton
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To: george76

They’re not sending their best.


13 posted on 04/02/2025 6:36:42 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: Liz

Actually, belongs in Africa.


14 posted on 04/02/2025 6:38:44 AM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die!)
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To: HamiltonJay
I found this stuck in the article....

Antoine and his daughter had both recently moved to Vincennes, Indiana, from Haiti when he killed her,

15 posted on 04/02/2025 6:39:14 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: george76

Two Words: Impulse Control


16 posted on 04/02/2025 6:39:18 AM PDT by JewishRighter
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I think he wanted a son (woman named Joseph).


17 posted on 04/02/2025 6:46:54 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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It is important to remember that he did it with a ‘gold’ knife. If it had been just a regular knife, his sentence would have been a mere 20 or so years.


18 posted on 04/02/2025 6:47:27 AM PDT by adorno ( )
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To: anton

Yeah, your choice:
Voodoo or Islam…


19 posted on 04/02/2025 6:48:14 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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The craziest woman that I know is Haitian. I guess the men are just as bad.


20 posted on 04/02/2025 6:56:45 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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