A former Broadway child star was stabbed to death by her boyfriend. Imani Dia Smith, who performed as Young Nala in *The Lion King*, died at twenty-six years old after police found her with fatal wounds in New Jersey, leaving behind a three-year-old son.
Authorities arrested her boyfriend, thirty-five-year-old Jordan D. Jackson-Small, charging him with first-degree murder and weapons offenses, confirming the attack was not random. Her family started a GoFundMe for funeral costs and therapy, raising over sixty-nine thousand dollars toward their goal.
Authorities arrested her boyfriend, thirty-five-year-old Jordan D. Jackson-Small, charging him with first-degree murder and weapons offenses, confirming the attack was not random. Her family started a GoFundMe for funeral costs and therapy, raising over sixty-nine thousand dollars toward their goal.