Investigators have now identified a woman found dead Monday morning in Smithville as 28 year old Jessica Renee Stephens of Cannon County. Her cause of death will be determined following the completion of the autopsy and toxicology report.
The case remains under investigation by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
Stephens’ body was found early Monday morning in the back yard of a residence on Parkway Drive in Smithville.