Dead woman in Cumberland County being treated as homicide

The death of a 58-year-old woman in Cumberland County is being investigated as a homicide, authorities say.

Kimberly Batty of Crossville was found dead on Wednesday, according to Casey Cox, chief investigator with the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.

The county's 911 service received a call about an unresponsive female at 154 Dovenshire Drive, he said. After local authorities arrived, they called the sheriff's office to begin a homicide investigation, Cox said.

Batty's body has been sent to the Tennessee Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy, he said.

For more details, see tomorrow's Times Free Press.

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