A 22-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the death of an Atlantic City resident.

Ceani Barnes, of Atlantic City, is charged with the aggravated manslaughter of 34-year-old Christina Burdette, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.

Burdette, also an Atlantic City resident, was found dead in Barnes' home on the 2100 block of Sheridan Avenue on the morning of Oct. 11, the prosecutor's office said in a statement.

Four women at the scene, including Barnes, initially told police that Burdette had come to the apartment at 2 a.m. that morning. They claimed Burdette at that time had “significant injuries to her body and a bandage on her head," according to a probable cause statement.

But a continuing investigation found the initial accounts were not accurate, the

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