Mangum likely faces murder charge after boyfriend’s death

Reginald Daye, the man Crystal Mangum allegedly stabbed April 3, has died.

Mangum, the Durham woman who falsely accused three Duke lacrosse players of rape in 2006, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury after the incident and has been in jail since her arrest.

Durham Police Department Chief Jose Lopez told The Herald Sun Wednesday that the charge against Mangum will likely be upgraded to murder.

When police responded April 3 they found that the 46-year-old man had been stabbed in the torso with a kitchen knife. Daye and Mangum had allegedly been arguing about rent money.

Mangum was previously arrested in February 2010 following an altercation with a different boyfriend, WRAL reported. Mangum was accused of assaulting the man in front of her children and setting his clothes on fire.

She was eventually convicted of injury to personal property, child abuse and resisting a public officer. The arson charge was dismissed because a jury could not reach a verdict.