The boyfriend of a 19-year-old girl was arrested on murder and rape charges after she was found dead inside a North Carolina home, authorities have said.
On May 1, officers were called to a residence in Charlotte, North Carolina, where they found Isabella Alexandria Stroupe unresponsive, according to a press release shared by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
Stroupe was pronounced dead at the scene. Thomaz Kenon Hamilton, 24, who identified himself as Stroupe’s boyfriend, called 911 early that morning and reported that the teenager was not breathing, an affidavit cited by WBTV, WCNC and The Charlotte Observer revealed.
According to the affidavit, Stroupe was found dead on a bed, where she had allegedly been restrained. Hamilton claimed that the two of them were having sex when he believed she suffered a heart attack.
However, the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner’s Office found that Stroupe had been stabbed and had multiple broken bones, per the affidavit.
A GoFundMe launched for Stroupe describes her as a “total bookworm” who loved “fan fiction and My Little Pony”.
HAMILTON WAS ARRESTED ON TUESDAY, MAY 5 ON CHARGES OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND RAPE IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASE.
