CHARLOTTE — There have been three women in Charlotte who were killed since Friday, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police stated. The homicides are not connected, police said.
CMPD detectives started conducting its first homicide investigation of the weekend Friday afternoon in northwest Charlotte.
At about 5:30 p.m., officers were called to the area of Clydesdale Terrace and Carol Avenue, which is near Tuckaseegee Road.
On Monday, police identified the victim as 35-year-old Markelia Jenilla Young. No arrest information or further details have been released.
Young’s slaying was Charlotte’s third reported homicide over the last three days.
The most recent case involved a 55-year old woman who was found by a relative in her home on Vinton Street in north Charlotte Monday afternoon.
(Watch the video below: 3 women killed in 3 days in separate homicides, CMPD says)
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Police haven’t said how she died or if they have any suspects.
[READ MORE: Homicide investigation underway after woman found dead in north Charlotte]
On Friday, Jatangela Bree Hudson was killed in an apartment on Waterford Glen Loop near Johnston Street in south Charlotte. Police are not searching for anymore suspects in that case.
[READ MORE: Police identify woman shot to death in south Charlotte apartment]
This week is important for MOMO. It has been one year since the group’s founder Judy Williams passed away.
MOMO and members of the community will remember Williams on Saturday at Marshal Park in uptown.
“We’re gonna remember Miss Judy’s legacy,” Crawford said. “That even though she’s gone, her mission and her vision and her purpose for this organization still lives on.”
MOMO has helped 2219 families through the years.
“We’re gonna remember the victims of all the families we’ve served since MOMO was created,” Crawford said.
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