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Arrest made 1 month after woman was found dead in Newport News home

Arrest made 1 month after woman was found dead in Newport News home
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A man has been charged and accused of murdering a woman who police found dead inside a Newport News home back in April, according to the city's police department.

David Anderson, 30, of Newport News, was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree murder in the death of Imani Parrish, 28, also of Newport News.

Police say officers were sent to the 600 block of Antrim Drive on April 30 around 9 p.m. in response to a report of an unresponsive person. There, officers went inside a home and found Parrish, who was not breathing. She died at the scene, police say.

Police then opened a homicide investigation, citing the "suspicious nature of [Parrish's] injuries."

Anderson's next hearing is July 3.