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Edison man charged with fatal stabbing of 26-year-old township woman

EDISON – A township man has been charged with murder after he allegedly fatally stabbed a Grove Avenue woman on Dec. 21.

Jordan D. Jackson-Small, 35, has been charged with first-degree murder, second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon in connection with the death of Imani Smith, 26, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone.

At about 9:18 a.m. Sunday authorities received a 911 call of a stabbing and on their arrival at the Grove Avenue home, they found Smith with stab wounds. Ciccone said.

Smith was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick where she was ultimately pronounced dead.

Former The Lion King Child Star Imani Dia Smith Has Died at 25

Imani Dia Smith, a former child actor who starred in The Lion King on Broadway, has died. 

Ms. Smith was killed by her boyfriend, Jordan D. Jackson-Small, who has been charged with murder, endangering the welfare of a child, and weapons offenses. Ms. Smith was just 25 years old.

From September 27, 2011, to September 23, 2012, Ms. Smith played Young Nala in the long-running Disney hit. Her mother, Monique Rance-Helper, a talented hair stylist who has worked for both the stage and the silver screen, has styled hair and wigs for The Lion King on Broadway, as well as hairpieces in the recent Broadway productions of Eclipsed, Once On This Island, The Lightning Thief, the In the Heights film, POSE on FX, and more. 

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