CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are investigating a woman's death in Steele Creek as a homicide.
Authorities were called to Verdant Court for a welfare check at about 2:25 p.m. Wednesday and found the woman’s body inside a townhouse.
(Leroy Cooper III)
Early Thursday morning, police identified the victim as 34-year-old Jennifer Smith. Officers have not said how she died.
Detectives told Channel 9 that Smith and the suspect, Leroy Cooper III, were involved in a relationship. Cooper was arrested in Greensboro and charged with first-degree murder.
“She was a great neighbor. She gave my brother gummy bears all the time,” said neighbor Kevin McCorsley.
Homicide investigators also here; police said initial call was for welfare check @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/dQrDuOqXqM
— DaShawn Brown (@DaShawnWSOC9) April 5, 2017
Smith's death is Charlotte's 27th homicide of 2017.
Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call 704-432-TIPS and speak directly to a Homicide Unit detective.
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