Overview

• Elizabeth Tamilore Odunsi, a 23-year-old British nursing student, was stabbed 28 times by her roommate, Chester Grant, during an argument about his cat on April 26 in Houston.
• Grant, 40, attempted to take his own life after the attack, inflicting six stab wounds on himself, but survived and was later charged with murder.
• Odunsi had moved from the UK to Houston in 2022 to pursue her dream of becoming a nurse and was just days away from graduating when she was killed.
• Grant, who has a history of violent convictions, is being held in Harris County Jail on a $500,000 bond as he awaits further court proceedings.
• Odunsi’s family and the Texas Woman’s University community are raising funds to repatriate her remains to the UK and honor her memory.