FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Deputies Respond to Report of Shooting Near Nickelsville

Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports:

At approximately 2:20pm this afternoon, deputy sheriffs were dispatched to a private residence on Highway 225 near the Nickelsville community in response to a report of a person having suffered a gunshot wound. Deputies arrived within 8 minutes and subsequently discovered the body of a woman in a densely wooded area east of the home. Detectives and crime scene technicians were summoned to the scene, and an investigation was initiated. Witnesses were located and interviewed and physical evidence was collected.

 

UPDATE, 10:30am, Thursday, April 17, 2014:

Detectives assigned to the investigation of the  the death of a Nickelsville woman who was discovered dead from an apparent gunshot wound yesterday, (April 16) are not treating the case as a homicide at this time. The body was sent to the State Crime Laboratory to undergo a post- mortem examination, and the investigation is continuing in conjunction with the County Coroner’s Office.