Bowie State student stabbed to death allegedly by her roommate

Bowie, MD – A 19-year-old Bowie State student was charged Friday, accused of fatally stabbing her roommate inside their dormitory-style apartment. The two women were allegedly arguing about music playing from an iPod, police said.

Bowie State student charged

Alexis D. Simpson, has been charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and first-degree assault. Authorities allege that Simpson and one of her roommates, Dominique T. Frazier, 18, got into an altercation which resulted in Frazier’s death.

Reports say the fight sparked when Simpson turned off an ipod being listened to Frazier and her friends. In reaction to Frazier and her friends raising their voices, demanding she turn the music back on, Simpson allegedly stabbed Frazier in the neck. Simpson said the stabbing was in self-defense after she was attacked.

According to authorities, Simpson initially fled the scene during the crime, but hours later turned herself in to authorities. Police were called to the scene at about 8p.m. where they found Frazier unconscious. She was pronounced dead an hour later.

Days before Frazier’s death, her mother Denise Frazier, urged her daughter to be moved to another dorm because of previous tensions between the two. The mother recalls that the two had a falling out immediately after being placed with each other.

Hundreds of Bowie State students attended a memorial service Friday and formed an impromptu prayer circle.

Update: Alexis Simpson was acquitted of all charges.

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