According to a press release from the Fayetteville Police Department:
At approximately 0004 hours on Tuesday April 14th Fayetteville Police Officers along with EMS responded to 119 Joseph St in Bonne Doone reference an unconscious, unresponsive subject. Upon their arrival to the scene officers discovered a B/M approximately 35 years of age deceased at the edge of the roadway in front of 119 Joseph St. The investigation is currently being worked as a homicide. The name of the victim is not being released pending notification of the next of kin. Anyone with information regarding this investigation is encouraged to contact the Fayetteville Police Department Homicide Investigation Unit at 433-1856 or call Crime Stoppers at 483-TIPS (483-8477)
Police confirmed on Tuesday afternoon the identity of a homicide victim found near a local gay and lesbian bar.
According to the Fayetteville Police Department, officers found transgender drag performer Imaje Devera (born Jimmy Ali McCollough), 34, shortly after midnight on April 14 in front of 119 Joseph St. The body was found near Club Emages, formerly Club Spektrum.
Police are not releasing any more information at the time, including how the victim died, citing the sensitive nature of the case.
Club Emages owner Dy’Mond Cartier told Raleigh news station WRAL that police said Devera had been stabbed and that the case was being investigated as a hate crime.
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