Left inset: Lhis Brito-Costa (Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office). Right inset: Evelin Enamorado-Cisnado (Facebook). Background: The apartment complex where Evelin Enamorado-Cisnado’s body was found (WSOC).
In a chilling discovery at a North Carolina apartment complex, a DoorDash delivery driver stumbled upon a tragic scene after being alerted to a “foul smell.” According to police and family reports, the driver was informed by a resident that a deceased woman was concealed in a closet, wrapped in towels.
The victim, identified as 26-year-old Evelin Enamorado-Cisnado, was located in the closet following the delivery driver’s call to the police. This information comes from court records obtained by WCNC, a local NBC affiliate.
On social media, a relative of Enamorado-Cisnado expressed gratitude, stating that her body was discovered “thanks to a young man delivering an order who noticed a foul smell.” The relative, alongside court documents, alleges that Enamorado-Cisnado was murdered by her partner, Lhis Brito-Costa, 23, after Brito-Costa discovered her involvement with another individual.
“It’s painful to think how someone could so heartlessly take her life just because my niece wanted to end the relationship,” the relative lamented.
Authorities assert that Enamorado-Cisnado was fatally shot by Brito-Costa upon learning of her other relationship. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police carried out a welfare check last Tuesday, during which they arrested Brito-Costa on charges of first-degree murder, following the discovery of Enamorado-Cisnado’s body. Police were dispatched to the apartment at approximately 4:30 p.m.
The DoorDash driver, who made the grim discovery, was reportedly informed by someone at the East Charlotte apartment about Enamorado-Cisnado’s death. It remains uncertain whether Brito-Costa was the individual who disclosed this information to the driver, as noted in the WCNC report.
“[Brito-Costa] unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously did of malice aforethought kill and murder [Enamorado-Cisnado],” an arrest warrant states.
Brito-Costa was ordered held without bond and is due back in court on April 2.
Enamorado-Cisnado’s relative said she was from Honduras and the family is working to transport her body back there.
