16-Year-Old Girl Found Hanging From Tree on Church Property

A teenage girl, who had gone missing last month, was found dead inside church premises in Charlotte last week, it is now confirmed by the authorities.

The teenage girl Juliana Nzita, who had migrated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was currently residing in North Carolina, had gone missing since April 28th, The North Carolina Beat reported. The corpse of the teenager was found on May 8th at a property managed by The United House of Prayer for All People, which was located near West Sugar Creek Road.

According to Kenneth Tolbert, a community volunteer nicknamed “Mufasa” by the locals, he came across the body while at 4100 West Sugar Creek Road, accompanied by his service dog, Cosmo. He informed church members before calling the police and proceeded towards a courthouse deadline filing.

“I alerted nearby church members first, then police, and later continued on because I was on my way to the courthouse and under a filing deadline,” Tolbert told The North Carolina Beat.

He provided a video taken right after discovering the corpse. It revealed a little blue chair lying beneath a tree, with a rope hanging above it, and the girl’s feet hanging just off the ground. A church member mentioned that the same spot had been checked the previous day, but nothing out of the ordinary had been observed there.

Police documents from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, reviewed by The North Carolina Beat, disclosed that the death of Juliana Nzita had occurred on May 8th at 12:40 p.m., in 4200 West Sugar Creek Road, and was classified as suicide in their report.

According to police officials, they had failed to contact Nzita’s family to obtain comments on the matter. The North Carolina Beat also contacted The United House of Prayer for All People; however, the organization didn’t provide any comment and hasn’t released an official statement regarding the incident.