A new report that has emerged online alleges that 28-year-old Neana Miriam was murdered by her 32-year-old ex-boyfriend.
According to a police report, the two were found dead in the same Leeds flat.
They had suffered injuries and multiple stab wounds.
Detectives working for West Yorkshire Police’s Homicide and Major Enquiry Team have launched a major investigation into the death of the two former lovers.
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Before the discovery of the tragic deaths, Miriam, a Nigerian nurse who was practising in the UK, had been reported missing earlier in the evening and then a resident called reporting they had concerns for a woman who was living in the flat.
Police arrived at the HMO shortly after 8.35 pm last Wednesday, where the woman’s body was found alongside that of his ex-lover
However, reports indicate that Miriam had recently returned to the UK from Nigeria after her introduction ceremony, a traditional first step towards marriage.
Her partner had not yet joined her in Leeds at the time of her passing.
Rumours on social media allege that Miriam’s relocation from Nigeria to the UK was funded by her ex-boyfriend.
But after arriving in the UK and bagging her nursing job, she dumped him for another guy based in Nigeria through Facebook.
The reason she travelled back to Nigeria for her traditional wedding ceremony only to be killed in her apartment after returning to the UK
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