Nashville police make arrest in January stabbing of North Carolina short-term rental owner
More than eight months after Jamal Moore was fatally stabbed in Nashville on Jan. 28, Nashville police arrested a 23-year-old man using cell phone records and DNA, they said.
Jordan Christopher Thompson, 23 has been charged with criminal homicide in connection with the case.
Moore split his time between North Carolina and Nashville and was one day away from heading back to his Charlotte home when he was stabbed, according to friends who spoke to The Tennessean earlier this year.
His body was found in a grassy area of 810 Cherokee Avenue, across the street from a condo he owned, police said, noting that he'd suffered a stab wound to his neck and blunt force injuries consistent with being run over by a vehicle.
At the time, Moore's death shocked best friend Redu Hamoud, who lives in Saudi Arabia. Together, they owned short-term rentals in Nashville and Charlotte, N.C. They had dreams of starting a business empire.
Moore was visiting the properties when he was killed.
"We were best friends, we were business partners. He is my soulmate," Hamoud said earlier this year.
Investigators determined that Moore met Thompson through a social networking app the day before he was killed. They think the two met in person at Cleveland Park and drove in Moore’s car to Cherokee Avenue, where Moore was then killed, the release said.
A judicial commissioner ordered that Thompson be held without bond pending a hearing.
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This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Cell records, DNA led Nashville PD to suspect in January stabbing case
