Nashville Homicide Suspect Tessa Knapp Arrested

From the City of Nashville:

February 12, 2021

North Precinct officers today arrested murder suspect Tessa Knapp, 21, on Rosa L. Parks Blvd. She is accused of intentionally running over and fatally injuring her former roommate with a car on February 1st in the parking lot of the Rodeway Inn on Old Hickory Boulevard in Hermitage. The victim, Amanda Byers, 20, died on February 5th.

Knapp is being held without bond pending a hearing.

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