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FORREST CITY, Ark. -- A 24-year-old Forrest City man is locked up, charged with a gruesome murder.

Kamron Morris is accused of stabbing 43-year-old Lamont McCline multiple times with a butcher knife.

McCline's body was discovered in a pool of blood early Tuesday morning by a friend.

This is the first homicide in Forrest City this year.

Friends and family of McCline are heartbroken.

"I want justice for him! Nobody has the right to do nobody like that," exclaimed Ruby Jones.

Jones said she's known McCline just about his whole life, having lived in the unit above him at the Manor House Apartments.

It's the same apartments where his body was discovered.

Jones said she never heard anything out of the ordinary.

"I can't get it out of my mind. I lived above him and I couldn't do nothing to help him," said Jones.

Boards and crime scene tape now remind neighbors of the grisly discovery made around 4 a.m.

Officers said a friend of McCline's found his lifeless body and called 911.

They canvassed the area for clues and were led to another nearby unit where they arrested Morris.

At this time police are not releasing a motive.

"I just don't understand why nobody would hurt him like that," said Jones.

McCline was known for his outgoing personality.

"Friendly person, always smiling, always laughing, always got a joke for you. Very nice," said his friend, Jessica Barber.

He was known as a character who loved to sing.

Friends and family said it was always his goal to brighten someone's day.

Hours before he passed he was out spreading his love.

"Everybody saw Lamont last night, like he made rounds to everybody last night, talking with a lot of his siblings, visiting with me and one of his aunts," said Miles Kimble, McCline's nephew.

Now McCline's family is holding tight to all the memories during this tough time.

Police said Morris has a lengthy criminal history.

In 2010, he was found guilty of aggravated robbery and resisting arrested.

He also has a stacked juvenile record out of Texas.

He's set to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon.

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