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Court date set for Chattanooga woman accused of killing man inside Hamilton Place Boulevard hotel room

Staff photo by Mason Edwards / Rachel Laura Perry, 42, second from left, looks toward the television cameras during her Tuesday appearance in Hamilton County General Sessions Court after she was accused of second-degree murder, among other charges.
Staff photo by Mason Edwards / Rachel Laura Perry, 42, second from left, looks toward the television cameras during her Tuesday appearance in Hamilton County General Sessions Court after she was accused of second-degree murder, among other charges. Staff photo by Mason Edwards / Rachel Laura Perry, 42, second from left, looks toward the television cameras during her Tuesday appearance in Hamilton County General Sessions Court after she was accused of second-degree murder, among other charges.

The next court date is set for the Chattanooga woman accused of second-degree murder after hotel staff found a man dead with a gunshot wound to the head in a hotel room on Hamilton Place Boulevard.

Rachel Laura Perry, 42, also faces charges of theft of property, tampering with or fabricating evidence and possessing a firearm with intent to go armed. She was arrested at her home Jan. 13 after Chattanooga police obtained a search warrant.

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Tyler Miller, 35, died in a room police said a woman had rented on the second floor of the Aloft hotel, the arrest report said. Detectives did not find firearms or spent bullet casings inside the room, and there was a significant amount of dried blood around him.

The woman, who police said was Perry, was captured on video entering and leaving the room Jan. 12, the arrest report said. Miller was seen entering the room with his belongings. Some time later, the woman left the room with different shoes, a large handbag capable of concealing items and an outer jacket removed.