New Delhi, Dec. 25 -- Broadway actor Imani Smith, best known for playing Young Nala in Disney's stage musical The Lion King, has died following an alleged homicide in the US, according to reports.

Citing the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office in New Jersey, Deadline reported that Smith was fatally stabbed on 21 December. Police in Edison, New Jersey, responded to a 911 call and found the actor with multiple stab wounds. She was rushed to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Authorities have arrested Smith's boyfriend, Jordan D. Jackson-Small, in connection with her death. The prosecutor's office said the two knew each other prior to the incident, ruling out the possibility of a random act of violence...