India, Dec. 25 -- Imani Dia Smith, a former child actor who voiced the character of Nala in Disney's The Lion King, was stabbed to death at a New Jersey home on Sunday, December 21. Her boyfriend, Jordan D. Jackson-Small, has been charged with murder in Smith's death, prosecutors said Tuesday.

A GoFundMe has been set up for Smith, who was 25 at the time of her death, by her aunt in which the family alleges that Smith's boyfriend, Jordan D Jackson-Small "senselessly killed" her. Imani Dia Smith was the mother of a three-year-old daughter, the GoFundMe noted.

"A true triple-threat performer, she most notably played the role of Young Nala on Broadway in Disney's Lion King - an experience that reflected the joy, creativity, and light she pu...