Body Found in Smithville has been Identified

Law enforcement officers with TBI, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and the 13th District Attorney General’s office were seeking the public’s help in working to identify a woman whose body was found Monday morning in a yard in nearby Smithville.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has now identified the woman.
Police identified the body as 28-year-old Jessica Renee Stephens of Cannon County.
TBI agents were called to the scene Monday after Stephens’ body was found in a yard in Smithville.
Detectives said a cause of death will be determined after an autopsy and toxicology reports are completed.