He told Smith he was working as a cook at Sonic Drive-In. A judge in April 2023 dismissed the murder charge because of an "unavailable and uncooperative eye witness," according to court records. Now, Smith - who released pictures of the stitches across her neck from the knife wound - is sounding the alarm about dating app safety after Stewart turned out to have previously been arrested on a murder charge. The two watched a movie together and later moved to the bedroom and started to get intimate.Īs they were kissing, Stewart then suddenly covered her mouth and pulled out a knife and slit her throat, Smith said.
Smith invited Stewart, 24, to her house in Houston, where she cooked him a meal. After back-and-forth texting for about five days, the two set up a date, she told KHOU. Tayla Smith, 22, met Kordel Roshon Stewart in September on BLK, a dating app for young Black professionals. A Texas woman says everything seemed to be going well during her first date with a man she met on a dating app, until he, suddenly, brutally attacked her and slashed her throat.