By Steve Lyttle
slyttle@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2011
Ebony Taylor, 24, was stabbed to death early Wednesday in north Charlotte, in what police say was a domestic dispute. Mecklenburg County Sheriff
A 24-year-old woman was stabbed to death overnight in what Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say was a domestic dispute.
The victim, Ebony Patrice Taylor, was killed at a residence in the 5700 block of Lambrook Court, off Statesville Road about a mile south of Sunset Road.
Police say they were called shortly before 2 a.m. after being told a woman had been stabbed during a domestic violence incident. Residents met officers as they arrived and said the suspect had driven off. Police say they found Taylor inside the residence, dead of stab wounds.
A tip led police to a residence in the 5400 block of Windy Valley Drive, off Mount Holly Road in west Charlotte, and investigators said they took a man into custody there. That man's identity has not been released.
"Ms. Taylor and the suspect know each other," said Officer Robert Fey, a spokesman for CMPD. "This was not a random act of violence."
A neighbor told WSOC-TV that he heard Taylor and a man involved in a loud argument shortly before the stabbing. That man said he heard Taylor scream during the dispute.
Mecklenburg County jail records show that Taylor was arrested Saturday on misdemeanor assault charges. It is unclear if that arrest was related in any way to the violence overnight.
Police ask that anyone with information in the case contact Homicide detectives at 704-432-TIPS, or call Crime Stoppers, 704-334-1600.
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