Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Lafayette, TN: Macon County Man Charged In Wife's Homicide

Woman's Body Found In Pond
Written by Mary Katherine Rooker
POSTED: 10:59 am CST February 15, 2011
UPDATED: 2:53 pm CST February 15, 2011
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. -- A homicide victim's husband now faces charges nearly a year after her death.

Cody Scott is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Misty.

Misty Scott's body was found in a pond on Murray Hill Lane in Lafayette on March 28, 2010. The medical examiner determined the woman had drowned.

According to a news release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Cody Scott assaulted his wife during an argument earlier that day.

At the time of his arrest, Cody Scott was jailed in Kentucky on charges related to methamphetamine.

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