Philly woman who went missing when roommate was killed found dead on Delaware college campus

PHILADELPHIA (TCD) -- A woman who went missing the day her roommate was fatally shot was found dead in her car at Delaware Technical Community College this week.

Delaware State Police said in a news release Feb. 7 they were conducting a criminal investigation at the parking lot of the Stanton Campus. Police assured the public there was "no threat to the safety of the community," though there would be an "increased police presence in the area." The Delaware News Journal reports the victim was 59-year-old Kim Ezell.

Ezell was last seen Jan. 5 at her home on the 1700 block of West Allegheny Avenue, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. The same day she went missing, police responded to her home to investigate a "homicide by shooting." WPVI-TV reports the victim in that instance was Ezell’s 78-year-old roommate Stanley Lawton.

Philadelphia Police arrested 31-year-old Walter Heard on charges of murder, aggravated assault, robbery, and burglary, as well as other offenses. According to WPVI, Heard is the son of Ezell and Lawton’s landlord. Kim’s daughter Jameelah Ezell told WPVI that Heard allegedly asked Kim for their rent money around the time she died. Kim, however, reportedly wanted a lease agreement on paper.

Ezell’s cause of death has not yet been released.

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