New Delhi, Dec. 25 -- Imani Smith, a former child actor who starred in "The Lion King", was found dead on December 21, according to a press release from Middlesex County, N.J., Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Thomas Bryan of the Edison Police Department, Variety reported. She was 25.

It's alleged that she was murdered by her boyfriend, Jordan D. Jackson-Small.

According to several reports, police responded to a 911 call reporting a stabbing at 9:18 am on December 21. Upon arrival, they found Imani Smith with stab wounds.

She was then transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

After an investigation, Edison police arrested Jordan D. Jackson-Small, 35, without incident.

Small was charged...