Police found Elizabeth Tamilore Odunsi unresponsive on the kitchen floor of her Houston home with multiple wounds. A man who was found with a single stab injury in the property has been held on suspicion of her murder.

Elizabeth Tamilore Odunsi, also known as Tami, was found dead by police at her home in Houston shortly before 4pm local time.

Officers arrived to conduct a welfare check but when they knocked on the door there was no answer.

They saw blood on a rear concrete patio and entered the apartment, where they found the 23-year-old on the kitchen floor with multiple stab wounds.

Tami, who is originally from London, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A man, who was later identified as her roommate Chester Lamar Grant, was found in a bedroom with at least one stab wound and was taken to hospital in a critical condition.

The 40-year-old was arrested on Friday the 2nd May and has been charged with Ms Odunsi’s murder.

He currently remains in custody at Harris County Jail in Texas with a bond set at $500,000 (around £375,000).

A magistrate has said in a preliminary hearing that the pair had been involved in a fight over Grant’s pet cat, according to ABC News.