MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A family is looking for answers after a missing loved one was found dead at a Southwest Memphis motel.
The Memphis Police Department said on January 2, officers discovered the body of a woman at the Star Lite Inn on South Third Street, and the case is being investigated as a homicide.
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Relatives have identified the victim as 38-year-old Angelica Taylor and said detectives told them she had been stabbed to death.
Taylor’s cousin De’Asmen Cobb said family members did not find out about her death until January 4, the same day officers also told them Taylor was alive and well.
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“Police allegedly did a welfare check and said, “Oh, we just talked to a woman named Angelica, and she said she was fine. She will call you guys,” Cobb said.
Cobb said they began looking for Taylor at the Star Lite Inn after a person known to her cousin began posting cryptic messages on his Facebook page about the motel, and that’s when they learned she was dead.