Man charged with murder of British student nurse

The roommate of a British student nurse has been charged with murder after she was stabbed to death in Texas days before she was due to graduate.

Londoner Elizabeth Odunsi, 23, known to friends and family as Tami, was found with multiple stab wounds on the kitchen floor of a property on 26 April, Houston Police said.

Chester Lamar Grant, 40, was arrested on Friday and later charged after he was taken to hospital in a critical condition following the incident in Goforth Street, Houston, the force said.

Detectives were called to the property above an apartment complex for a welfare check and did not receive an answer when they knocked on the door, according to police.

The force said that as well as discovering the body of Ms Odunsi when they entered the address, officers also found a man in a bedroom with at least one stab wound.

An online appeal to bring Ms Odunsi back to the UK from the US has raised more than £65,000.

Organisers have asked for "help to give her the peaceful and dignified farewell she deserves".

The 23-year-old went by the name of Tami Dollars on the social media platform TikTok and had amassed more than 45,000 followers.

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