COMPTON—Mere hours after a woman was stabbed to death nine days ago on the city’s namesake boulevard, the suspect had been taken into custody, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Kamilah Dennis, 32, a transient, was arrested Saturday, Nov. 20, on suspicion of murdering 32-year-old Shamida Joyce Ward, of Compton, whom authorities reportedly say Dennis stabbed to death.
The murder took place at about 8:50 a.m. Nov. 20 in the 700 block of West Compton Boulevard, according to coroner’s records, the Times reported.
Ward was suffered multiple stab wounds, according to coroner’s records. She was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Bail for Dennis was set at $1 million, and as of Nov. 24, she was being held at Century Regional Detention Facility at Century Sheriff’s Station in nearby Lynwood.
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