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‘She was the light of my life’: Friends, loved ones remember 17-year-old found dead in Hendersonville
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Macon County High School is quiet at this time of year, with students mostly at home for the summer. But in recent days, students have had to come together to grieve the loss of one of their own. “It felt like my world fell apart,” rising...
Questions surface over lack of law enforcement posts for missing Tennessee teen
MACON COUNTY, Tenn. (WZTV) — Family and friends of Trinity Bostic, 17, are honoring her memory after the Macon County High School senior's body was found in Hendersonville alongside a highway, according to police. A 17-year-old male is now facing first degree murder charges. His name has not yet been released at his time, as he is still a minor.
Slain Macon Co. teen Trinity Bostic remembered as 'genuine, full of love'
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. -- The life of Trinity Bostic, 17, from Macon County was drastically ended just days ago. A 17-year-old young man from Westmoreland, is now facing first degree murder charges in her death. Hendersonville Police have not yet released his name, since he is underage. Bostic was reported to...
Teen arrested in connection to missing teen’s death
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A 17-year-old from Westmoreland, TN was arrested in connection to the death of another missing teen whose remains were found. The Hendersonville Police Department said the suspect is currently being held in Sumner County Detention and is being charged with first-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Trinity Bostic.
Trash collector stumbles upon body of missing 17-year-old girl as another teen charged in her murder
A teenage boy has been arrested in the death of a 17-year-old girl whose body was found by a trash collector in Tennessee last week. Trinity Bostic, 17, had been missing from Macon County since June 29, according to the Hendersonville Police Department.On July 3, a worker subcontracted by the state Department of Transportation was picking up trash when they stumbled upon her body near a road in Hendersonville, police said in a Facebook post.The teen was identified as Bostic and police said they suspected foul play in the case. On July 6, a 17-year-old boy from Westmoreland was arrested...
Missing teen’s body found by worker collecting trash by road in Tennessee, cops say
A worker picking up roadside trash stumbled onto the body of a missing 17-year-old girl, and now a teenage boy has been arrested in her death, Tennessee police say. Trinity Bostic was reported missing in Macon County on June 29, the Hendersonville Police Department said in a Facebook post. Four days later, on July 3, a worker subcontracted by the state Department of Transportation found a body in a wooded area near a road in Hendersonville, police said.
‘It was a shock’: Friends, peers reflect on loss of 17-year-old girl found dead in Hendersonville
A friend of Trinity Bostic said something felt off when she tried reaching out to Macon County High School student the day she went missing. “I tried calling her 32 times that night and knowing Trinity she would have answered one of those calls.”
Suspect from Westmoreland charged with murder in teen’s death
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. – A 17-year-old from Westmoreland, Tennessee is facing a murder charge in connection with a teen whose remains were found last week. According to the Hendersonville Police Department, the suspect is charged with first-degree murder. He is being held at the Sumner County Detention Center. Police stated...
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