A 22-year-old man is behind bars after deputies said he strangled his 19-year-old half sister to death.
Officials said Da’rius Christian got into an altercation with J’Meisha Gant when the two were home alone together at a home on Ligustrum Lane in early November.
Deputies with the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said at some point a fight occurred between the two and Christian strangled Gant.
The death was not reported until the following afternoon when Gant was found unresponsive by her mother.
Christian was taken to the Brevard County Jail after an arrest warrant on a charge of first-degree murder.