Los Angeles, Dec. 25 -- Imani Smith, known for playing Young Nala in Disney's popular 'The Lion King' on Broadway, has passed away in an alleged homicide, reported Deadline.

As per the Middlesex County, NJ, Prosecutor's Office, Imani died after being stabbed on December 21. The police in Edison, NJ, after responding to a 911 call, discovered the actress with stab wounds. She was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

In connection with Imani Smith's death, her boyfriend, Jordan D. Jackson-Small, was arrested.

"Smith and Jackson-Small knew each other prior to the incident; thus, it was not a random act of violence," said the prosecutor's office, as quoted by Deadline. Notably, Smith's aunt...