Newton County responds to a stabbing in Deweyville January 17, 2020.
Photo provided by Eric Williams
Photo: Provided By Eric Williams
NCSO releases name of woman fatally stabbed Friday
The Newton County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of a woman fatally stabbed on Friday.
Keysha Lynn Hughes, 37, of Mauriceville, was found dead just before noon Friday after a woman told neighbors she stabbed another woman and asked them to call 911, according to a news release from the Office.
Hughes’ body was found around CR 3144 near Old Champion Road, according to the Office.
Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace Dana Ashmore pronounced the woman dead and has ordered an autopsy.
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