Overview
- Authorities say Imani Dia Smith was found with multiple stab wounds at an Edison, New Jersey residence on Dec. 21 and later died at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.
- Prosecutors charged Jordan D. Jackson-Small, 35, with first-degree murder, second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and related weapons offenses.
- Officials said the attack was not random and stemmed from a domestic situation involving Smith and the accused.
- Smith’s three-year-old son was present during the incident, according to prosecutors, which led to the child-endangerment charge.
- Jackson-Small is being held at the Middlesex County Adult Corrections Center with no court date announced, and Smith’s family launched a GoFundMe to support funeral costs and care for her son.