NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A young woman found dead in an abandoned house in 2020 has now been identified, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department.
Police said she was positively identified as Ashley Fuller, 19, of Columbia.
According to MNPD, the woman’s body was discovered on Thanksgiving Day 2020 inside an abandoned home in the 7000 block of Highway 70, not far from Edwin and Percy Warner Parks. At the time of her discovery, investigators believed she died from an accidental drug overdose, but the precise circumstances around her death have remained a mystery.
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Last September, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation created a forensic rendering of her face and wrist tattoo that was released to the public in the hopes of identifying her . A family member then contact the MNPD Cold Case Unit, and her identity was confirmed through dental records.