Police in the US state of Tennessee have arrested a 17-year-old boy in connection with the murder of a young girl who disappeared last month and whose remains were found on a busy road in Middle Tennessee on July 3.
Hendersonville police have arrested the 17-year-old Westmoreland, Tennessee, boy who is currently being held in the Sumner County Detention Center, police said in a news release Saturday. Police charged him with first-degree murder in the death of Trinity Bostic.
Bostic, 17, was reported missing in nearby Macon County on June 29. Her remains were found in Hendersonville on July 3 by a Tennessee Department of Transportation contractor. The worker found her body while picking up trash on the side of the road in a wooded area near Vietnam Veterans Boulevard and New Shackle Island Road, police said.
Police have said they suspect a foul play in the ongoing investigation. The death investigation is “essentially a homicide investigation,” Sergeant Nicholas Edwards told USA TODAY on Friday. The department did not release any further information about the arrest.
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Police ask the public for help in the Trinity Bostic case
The cause of Bostic’s death is still under investigation pending an autopsy, police said.
The Hendersonville Police Department is asking anyone with information about the case to contact the department at (615) 822-1111 or Hendersonville Crime Stoppers at (615) 594-4113. Tips can also be submitted through the P3 Tips mobile application.
Contributors: Nicole Young and Katie Nixon of the Nashville Tennessean.
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