Parents plead for answers after daughter found dead in Raleigh apartment

The parents of a young woman found dead at her apartment near N.C. State University over the weekend described their daughter as happy and hardworking.
Posted 4/7/2021, 3:12:00 AM Updated 4/7/2021, 12:50:56 PM

LOOK LIKE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

TONIGHT FAMILY AND FRIENDS

GATHER TO HONOR THE LIFE AND

MEMORY OF CHRISTINA. THE 20-

YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD

INSIDE HER APARTMENT LAST --

POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING HER

DEATH AS A HOMICIDE.

PEOPLE ARE STILL GATHERING FOR

THIS VISUAL.

>> Reporter: WE HAVE BEEN HERE

SINCE 8:30 P.M.

THE PARENTS OF CHRISTINA ARE

STILL HERE TONIGHT.

THEY LOOK OVER THE VIGIL THAT

FRIENDS PUT TOGETHER FOR THEIR

BELOVED DAUGHTER.

>> A SEA OF PEOPLE SHOW THEIR

LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR CHRISTINA

AND HER PARENTS TONIGHT.

HER FATHER IS ON HIS KNEES

PAYING HIS RESPECTS FOR HIS 20-

YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER TAKEN FAR TOO

SOON.

THEY STILL DO NOT KNOW HOW

CHRISTINA DIED AND HAVE NOT

BEEN ABLE TO SEE HER BODY.

THOUGHT HER APARTMENT COMPLEX

WAS SAFE.

SURROUNDED BY OTHER COLLEGE

STUDENTS.

HER PARENTS TELL US THAT THEY

NEED ANSWERS FROM POLICE.

>> I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING

ON.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.

WHAT HAPPENED WITH MY DAUGHTER.

>> WE NEED PEACE.

WE NEED TO KNOW WHO DID THIS TO

CHRISTINA.

WE NEED ANSWERS SOON.

SHE WAS A SWEET GIRL.

I WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANY

FAMILY.

>> SHE WAS MY SOULMATE AND MY

FRIEND.

ALL SHE EVER WANTED WAS

RECOGNITION ON WHO SHE WAS.

SHE WAS SO LOVING.

SHE CARED MORE THAN ANYBODY.

>> WE CHECKED IN WITH POLICE

DEPARTMENT AT THIS HOUR, THERE

IS NO UPDATE ON HOW CHRISTINA

DIED OR ANY SUSPECT

INFORMATION.

MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING THE FAMILY

HOPE THAT SOMEONE WILL COME

FORWARD TO HELP BRING JUSTICE

FOR CHRISTINA.