Nigeria, Dec. 27 -- Imani Dia Smith, a former child actor who appeared in Disney's The Lion King on Broadway, was killed after being stabbed during a domestic incident in Edison, New Jersey, authorities said. She was 26 years old.

Police officers responded to a 911 call on December 21 and found Ms. Smith suffering from stab wounds, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office. She was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The suspect, Jordan D. Jackson-Small, 35, was arrested in connection with the killing. Prosecutors said he knew Ms. Smith prior to the incident and later confirmed that he was her boyfriend.

"This was not a random act of violence," the Middlesex County Prosecutor's O...