Saturday, September 25, 2010

Manchester, TN: Family got messages after Manchester woman's death

Associated Press - September 25, 2010 12:05 PM ET

MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) - The family of a Manchester woman who was found dead along with her two sons said they got text messages from her phone after police believe she was killed.

Police believe 26-year-old Stephanie Hershman and her sons, 3-year-old Jathan and 1-year-old Jaylon, were killed on Sunday. Her boyfriend, Matthew Perkins, a 30-year-old U.S. Army recruiter, was charged after their bodies were found on Wednesday in garbage bags and stuffed in a closet at her home.

Terry Hershman, Stephanie's father-in-law, told WSMV-TV in Nashville that the family last got text messages from her phone on Monday, but they now think the messages were sent to keep the family from looking for her.

Perkins is being held in the Franklin County jail on a $6 million bond.

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