Nursing student on the verge of graduation murdered by roommate because of spat over cats: Cops

A nursing pupil successful Texas who was conscionable days distant from graduating was stabbed to decease by her roommate aft an statement implicit their cats, authorities say.

Chester Lamar Grant, 40, is facing a execution complaint successful the April 26 decease of 23-year-old U.K. autochthonal Tamilore Odunsi successful Houston. Cops responded shortly earlier 4 p.m. to an flat connected the city’s southside for a payment check. Officers knocked connected the doorway but received nary answer. Then they walked astir to the backmost of the flat wherever they recovered humor connected the factual patio. Cops entered the flat and recovered Odunsi successful the room suffering from galore stab wounds. Officers besides discovered Grant successful the chamber with astatine slightest 1 stab wound. The unfortunate was pronounced dormant portion Grant was taken to the infirmary with captious injuries.

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Houston constabulary told section CBS affiliate KHOU the 2 had been roommates for conscionable a mates months and were successful a spat implicit their cats. The statement escalated and Grant allegedly stabbed Odunsi earlier trying to instrumentality his ain life. Police took Grant to the Harris County Jail connected Saturday. He is being held connected a $500,000 bond.

Odunsi’s household started a GoFundMe account for the pistillate known connected TikTok arsenic Tami Dollars oregon TD.

“Tami was a beauteous soul, afloat of light, ambition, and kindness,” the fundraiser reads. “She was conscionable 23 years old. A devoted Christian, she was a God-fearing young pistillate who recovered spot and joyousness successful her faith. She had a heavy emotion for her religion community, wherever she was actively progressive and ever anxious to service others with humility and grace.”

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She dreamed of becoming a caregiver and wanted to enactment with children successful her caller career.

Odunsi was acceptable to postgraduate from nursing schoolhouse conscionable a fewer days earlier her murder, her household said. Her decease is “an unimaginable nonaccomplishment astatine a infinitesimal that should person marked the opening of a agleam and promising future.”

Grant is slated to look successful tribunal connected Monday.