Police: Man arrested after woman found stabbed to death inside closet in Nashville

Police: Man arrested after woman found stabbed to death inside closet in Nashville (Metropolitan Nashville Police Department/Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)

By Jessica Goodman, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A man has been arrested after police said a woman was found stabbed to death inside his closet in Nashville.

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The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department on Twitter said that Dwayne Herelle Jr.’s ex-girlfriend, Irene Torres, 24, was found dead in his closet at 865 Bellevue Apartments. It appeared that Torres was stabbed to death.

Police say it appeared that Torres was killed in another location in Old Hickory and her body was driven to Bellevue.

Herelle has been charged with criminal homicide, according to WKRN.

The investigation is ongoing. No further information has been released.