12-Year-Old Goodlettsville Girl Murdered

GOODLETTSVILLE, TN — An autopsy determined a 12-year-old girl in Goodlettsville was murdered inside her home Thursday night.

Yhoana Arteaga was found in distress by her mother on the floor of her family's mobile home on Old Dickerson Pike around 6:30 Thursday night. After a 911 call, first responders were unable to resuscitate her and declared her dead at the scene.

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A Friday autopsy ruled her death a murder and said Yhoana suffered "trauma unrelated to gunfire or laceration/stabbing."

Yhoana was staying home from Liberty Collegiate Academy, recovering from a leg injury she incurred roller skating. She had lunch with her mother around 12:30 p.m. Thursday and her mother told police she communicated with her daughter again at 5:30 p.m. and returned home from her job at a dry cleaner an hour later to find her daughter unresponsive.

Police announced no suspects in the case and forensic units continued to work the scene Friday.

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