A HUGE breakthrough has been made in the case of a 26-year-old mom whose body was found decomposing inside a car trunk.
Destini Smothers' boyfriend, Kareem Flake, who is the father of her two kids, has been arrested in Florida in the wake of her death.
Flake was taken into custody for a separate domestic assault charge and has been held at a correctional facility in Osceola since Friday, NY Daily News first reported.
The NYPD has been looking to arrest Flake as a suspect in Smothers' murder since 2020.
Smothers went missing in November 2020. She was from Troy, New York, and had two young children, Kareem Jr and Kayden, with Flake.
Her decomposing body was discovered in the trunk of a car in March 2021 when Department of Sanitation workers towing a sedan popped the trunk.
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The city medical examiner's office determined the cause of death was a blunt impact to her head which caused a skull fracture and brain injury, and the case was then ruled a homicide.
New York Post reported that the NYPD is awaiting the results of Flake's Florida charges before extraditing him back to New York.
It is unclear when Flake with transfer to New York and be prosecuted for allegedly murdering Smothers.
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Smothers was last seen in November 2020 when she was leaving a bowling alley after a birthday party.
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She attended the party with Flake according to the missing person's report filed at the time.
The report also said the couple got in a "heated argument" that night.
Smothers' mother Loretta King told NY Daily News that the two were supposed to go shopping the following morning, but Smothers never showed.
King said her daughter was apparently in town for her grandmother's funeral, but she was even absent at the funeral later that day.
"I knew wouldn't have missed that funeral," King told NY Daily News, explaining that Smothers was very close with her grandmother.
Smothers was missing for four months until her body was found decomposing in the trunk of a Toyota left on the street.
Family members said that Flake claimed the two got in an argument while driving together, and Smothers eventually ran from the vehicle without taking her keys, purse, and wallet.
Flake was the last person to see Smothers alive.
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King told NY Daily News that she was never convinced by Flake's story, and she still does not feel complete closure after his arrest.
"Once he is convicted, once justice is served and he's brought to trial, that will be it," King said.
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