DALLAS _ A Tarrant County grand jury has indicted Nathaniel Mitchell in the death of Anger Room founder and domestic violence activist Donna Alexander.
Mitchell, 34, Alexander's ex-boyfriend, was indicted on charges of murder, burglary with the intent to commit aggravated assault, and burglary with the intent to commit assault in the September killing of Alexander.
Alexander received national attention as founder of the Anger Room, a facility in Deep Ellum, Texas, that allowed visitors to alleviate stress by breaking items in rooms mocked up to look like a workplace or living area.
Businesses similar to the Anger Room have launched in several states, including Florida, Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma.
At a vigil shortly after her death, Alexander's father, Donald Alexander of New Jersey, said that his daughter's death and Mitchell's arrest were surreal. She had spent most of her life advocating against domestic violence, he said.
"At 14, she knew what she wanted to do," he said. "She was really adamant about domestic abuse and working to do something for the community."
According to police, Alexander was attacked in her Grand Prairie home and taken to Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas on Sept. 21 with severe injuries.
Mitchell, who took Alexander to the hospital, gave staffers a story they found to be inconsistent with her injuries, Grand Prairie police Officer Mark Beseda said. Officers interviewed Mitchell and arrested him at the hospital on outstanding warrants.
Mitchell remains in the Tarrant County Jail on $250,000 bail.
