Police are investigating the murder of a 24-year-old Tarboro woman who was found dead Thursday evening in Rocky Mount.

Benita R. Knight was killed after being stabbed in the neck and side, police reports said, but an official cause of death has not been determined.

Knight was found dead in an alley behind Guiding Light Church on the 200 block of Ivy Street, according to police reports. The incident was reported around 6:30 p.m. by an area resident.

Knight's body was transported to Chapel Hill for an autopsy. The case remains under investigation, officials said. No further information was made available Friday.

Anyone with information on this case, or anyone in the Ivy Street area from noon to 6:30 p.m. Thursday should contact Capt. Martin McCoy, the lead investigator on this case at 252-972-1485 or the Twin Counties Crime Stoppers at 252-977-1111.

Knight's murder represents the sixth homicide in Rocky Mount this year.