Crime & Safety
Police Investigate Murder Of 34-Year-Old Woman In Charlotte
Jennifer Renee Smith's body was found Thursday. Charlotte's homicide rate is now up to 27 for the year.
CHARLOTTE, NC -- Police are investigating how a relationship ended in homicide for Charlotte’s Steele Creek area resident Jennifer Renee Smith. Charlotte Police found 34-year-old Smith while responding to a welfare check April 5 in the 12300 block of Verdant Court. Medics pronounced her dead on the scene.
Police officials say Smith was involved in a relationship with the murder suspect, but no arrest has been made. The homicide investigation remains ongoing, CMPD said.
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Jennifer Renee Smith's body was found in the 12300 block of Verdant Court in the Steele Creek area.
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Spectrum News in Charlotte tweeted a photo of Smith:
Close friends shared this picture of 34 y/o Jennifer Smith. @CMPD found her body inside a Steele Creek townhouse yesterday @SpecNewsCLT pic.twitter.com/ckbZ5FfjF0
— Christina Watkins (@CWatkinsTV) April 6, 2017
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