Police in Michigan have launched an investigation into the circumstances of the death of a 27-year-old local singer who was found dead in her home over the weekend, according to reports on Sunday.
FOX 2 reports that Egypt Covington’s lifeless body was discovered by a friend inside her Hull Road home in Belleville Friday night.
Van Burn Township police responded to the home and are investigating. They have not yet said how she was killed, according to the reports.
Covington was a local singer who had won Country Idol at Fraser’s Pub in Ann Arbor, where a vigil has been scheduled on July 1 to celebrate her life.
Covington also worked at the Palmer House Bar and Grill, who posted a message announcing her death on their Facebook page.
“So stunned and saddened with the news that our Rave sales rep, Egypt Covington, was murdered in her home last night,” the post reads.
“Thoughts and prayers for her and her family and friends. She was a beautiful and bright human being and touched many lives. I really don’t know what else to say. Hold on to the ones you love. Make sure they know how you feel about them every single day. Rest In Peace kid.”
Egypt’s father, Chuck Covington, called her “the example of being generous, being kind” and “the smile that lightens up the room.”
“People wanted to be around her because she lifted us up,” the distraught dad said. “And that’s gone now. That’s gone.”
The bereaved dad urged whoever was responsible to turn themselves in immediately.
“They’ll never able to walk, think, talk, hold their head up,” he said, “because of what they know they did.”