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Investigators search home for clues into Grundy County woman’s death

Grundy County Sheriff Clint Shrum
Grundy County Sheriff Clint Shrum Grundy County Sheriff Clint Shrum

The investigation into the death of a 26-year-old Grundy County, Tenn., mother continues, with officials saying they have searched the home of her ex-husband.

Samantha Kathleen Chandler was found dead in a remote, wooded area south of Coalmont on May 1.

State and local officials conducted interviews and searched the Pickett Lake Road West home of Daniel Chandler, Samantha Chandler’s ex-husband, Sheriff Clint Shrum said this week.

“We have a very strong lead,” Shrum said, but he didn’t want to elaborate further.

He said authorities have not named a suspect in the case, which is now being investigated as a homicide.