A 26-year-old mother who in May was found dead along the side of a Chattanooga road was shot six times, according to a preliminary report from the Hamilton County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Bianca Horton was shot in the head, chest, arm, leg and twice in the neck, according to the report. Horton had previously survived a quadruple shooting during a home invasion in January 2015. Her daughter, then 1, was shot in the back and paralyzed from chest down. Another woman, 20-year-old Talitha Bowman, was killed, and an 18-year-old man was wounded.
Horton was a witness in that case, and some have speculated she was killed for cooperating with police and prosecutors. Police said Monday that possibility is one of several “working theories,” and they cannot say for sure what motivated the attack.
Police haven’t made an arrest in Horton’s slaying, but Sgt. Michael Wenger said investigators have several persons of interest and are following “strong leads.”
“We’re working closely with the FBI,” Wenger said. “It’s become a pretty in-depth and complicated investigation.”