Homicide Suspected in TN Firefighter Drowning

June 9, 2018
An autopsy on Nashville firefighter Jesse Reed, who drowned in March, revealed blunt force injuries that lead police to suspect it was homicide.

An autopsy on Nashville firefighter Jesse Reed, whose body was pulled from the Tennessee River on March 17 after a weeks-long search, revealed blunt force injuries that lead police to suspect it may have been homicide.

Reed was reported missing March 6 after his vehicle was submerged in the water around 1:30 a.m., and the autopsy also found he had an elevated blood alcohol content of .305.