Woman charged with murder after former boyfriend found dead in Lexington garage fire

A woman was arrested Thursday and charged in connection with a man who was found dead in January after a garage fire on Radcliffe Road, according to Lexington police.

Christina Young, 22, is charged with murder, second-degree arson and tampering with evidence, according to police. She had previously been in a romantic relationship with the victim, 28-year-old Demetrius Gordon, police say.

Gordon was found dead by firefighters on January 16. The Fayette County Coroner’s Office later ruled his death a homicide and said he died of “sharp force trauma.”

Young is accused of stabbing Gordon to death and then setting his garage and house on fire, according to police.

Young is being held in the Fayette County jail. Her bond has not yet been set, according to the jail website.

Gordon’s death was Lexington’s first homicide of 2019.