Imani Dia Smith, the former Broadway child actress best known for portraying Young Nala in Disney’s The Lion King, was fatally stabbed on December 21, 2025.
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Imani Dia Smith, the former Broadway child actress best known for portraying Young Nala in Disney’s The Lion King, was fatally stabbed on December 21, 2025.
A Franklin County jury acquitted Blendon Township police Officer Connor Grubb on Friday of all charges stemming from the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Ta’Kiya Young, a pregnant Black mother suspected of shoplifting.