Teenage murder victim Malcolm Outerbridge’s distraught mother was struggling last night to make sense of why anyone would want to kill her son.The 18-year-old was stabbed to death on the Railway Trail near his Warwick home on Friday lunchtime.Two men were in custody over the killing last night, but police remained tight-lipped over the circumstances of the crime.The victim’s mother, Kaywell Outerbridge, told The Royal Gazette: “I just don’t understand why somebody would hurt my son.“I just don’t understand what these people are gaining from hurting each other. It seems so senseless, such a violent act.“I don’t care how you feel about somebody; no human being deserves to be treated that way, even your worst enemy.”Mrs Outerbridge did not hear of her son’s death from the police, but instead read about it on the Facebook social networking site around 2pm on Friday, more than an hour after he was found.According to a police press release, the emergency services were called to the Railway Trail around 12.40pm, with the incident initially reported as “an assault”.Mr Outerbridge was taken to hospital but died of his injuries.His mother said: “He was found stabbed. All the details are not quite clear yet.”She does not expect to hear more until an examination of her son’s body is completed.“They really need to catch the culprits. It’s good to make sure everything is confirmed first and that the right people are charged for the crime,” she said. “I’m feeling very distraught and hurt.“I’m not angry; I just don’t understand why somebody would do this to anyone that’s innocent.”Asked if she believed her son was involved in gang activity, she replied: “I think they were trying to get him, but he refused to go. He said ‘the only gang I go to is church. That’s my gang’.”Mrs Outerbridge last saw her son, who attended the Adult Education Centre, at their Rocklands Crescent home in Warwick on Friday morning.“He wasn’t attending classes until the afternoon and when I saw him he was still under the covers. I said ‘bye son, have a good day’,” she explained.Recalling her memories of the teenager, who was a member of the congregation at the Anglican Cathedral in Hamilton, she said: “He was very jovial and he liked to make people laugh.“He always tried to find the good in people, even though he knew some of his friends were not travelling the path he was travelling.“He was also very respectful. He liked all the sports. He played football and bowling, he ran and he played cricket.”Mr Outerbridge attended Paget Primary School, Spice Valley Middle School and CedarBridge Academy before transferring to the Adult Education Centre.He returned last month from a Raleigh International youth expedition to Borneo, which had a life-changing effect on him [see separate story].Mr Outerbridge leaves his father, also named Malcolm Outerbridge, and a 21-year-old sister who lives in England.Another of his relatives, who did want her name printed but described herself as a “senior aunt”, said: “He was growing. He was trying to find his niche in life.“He had some difficulty in the early stages because he never seemed able to focus on what he wanted but he came from a very solid family.”She also revealed: “When he heard about Raleigh International he begged his parents to let him become involved in that, and we saw a transformation you would not believe.“It changed him from a young playful boy to a very mature, thinking man. He was shy in the beginning but not shy anymore.“He was focused and he was trying to pull the whole world with him in moving into a solid career and trying to make a good life for himself.“Now this tragedy comes along and he doesn’t have the chance to show what he’s capable of.”A date for Mr Outerbridge’s funeral had yet to be set, due to the ongoing police investigation.Police have yet to specify any details of the circumstances of the killing, or to confirm that Mr Outerbridge was stabbed.A police spokesman said last night: “The police can confirm that two persons were arrested during the weekend in connection with this case, and they are presently in custody. The case remains under priority investigation.”Detectives are interested in speaking to anyone who was in the area of the Railway Trail, Bulkhead Drive or Khyber Pass in Warwick around 12.40pm on Friday.Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Serious Crime Unit on 295-0011 or the Crime Stoppers hotline on 800-8477.