CHARLOTTE — A man has been charged in connection with the death of a mother who was reported missing earlier this month.
According to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, 38-year-old Lorenza Thomas Inman Jr. was identified as a suspect in the disappearance of 31-year-old Frezja Matisse Baker.
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Baker had been missing for days before her body was eventually found inside her car along Sanders Avenue.
Her vehicle, a 2004 Honda Accord, had been parked behind an abandoned west Charlotte church, according to police.
After identifying Inman as a suspect in Baker’s death, police obtained warrants for his arrest.
He was then placed into the custody of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office and charged with murder, assault on a female, and the misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
CMPD said the investigation into this incident is active and ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call 704-432-8477 (TIPS) and speak directly to a homicide unit detective.
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