(NEXSTAR) – Imani Dia Smith, a former child actress on Broadway, was fatally stabbed earlier this week in New Jersey, a state official has announced.
Smith, 26, was found with stab wounds at a residence in Edison on the morning of Dec. 21, according to a press release from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. She was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
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A member of Smith’s family has since set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for her parents, who are said to be taking in Smith’s 3-year-old son. The organizer of the GoFundMe page also stated that Smith was “senselessly killed by her boyfriend.”
Middlesex County officials have arrested one person in connection to the stabbing, identifying him as 35-year-old Jordan D. Jackson-Small. They have not confirmed his relationship to Smith, but said the two “knew each other prior to the incident, thus it was not a random act of violence.”
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As a child, Smith had starred in the Broadway adaptation of “The Lion King” from 2011 to 2012, Playbill reported…