TN CHASE STAFFORD: Missing from Ashland City, TN - 10 May 2023 - Age 25 *Found Deceased*

Police release updated photo of woman missing out of Cheatham County

A 25-year-old woman has not been seen since May 10.

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Woman missing; phone, glasses found on highway​

The Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is searching for Chase Stafford. She was reportedly last seen in Cheatham County on Thursday, May 10, when she was dropped off on Chapmansboro Road in Ashland City.

CCSO said a backpack containing her belongings, including a cell phone and glasses, was found on Highway 49 later that same day.

Woman reported missing in Cheatham County after belongings found on road

Authorities and family members are turning to the Cheatham County community for help finding a woman who disappeared earlier this week.

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Woman reported missing in Cheatham County after belongings found on road​

Authorities and family members are turning to the Cheatham County community for help finding a woman who disappeared earlier this week.

The Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office said 25-year-old Chase Stafford was last seen on Wednesday, May 10, when she was dropped off on Chapmansboro Road in Ashland City.

According to officials, a backpack was found on Highway 49 later that day containing Stafford’s personal property, including her cell phone and glasses.


Media - CHASE STAFFORD: Missing from Ashland City, TN - 10 May 2023 - Age 25

 

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Deputies using dogs to track scent of missing Cheatham Co. woman

Deputies have been going door-to-door on Wednesday, following up on leads from evidence they found earlier in the week.

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Deputies using dogs to track scent of missing Cheatham Co. woman​

The search for a missing Cheatham County woman is continuing on Wednesday, and now, deputies are using dogs to attempt to track her down.

Chase Stafford, 25, was last seen with her boyfriend over a week ago. Now, deputies with the Cheatham Co. Sheriff’s Office are in a remote part of the county using dogs to track what they believe could be the scent of the 25-year-old.

Deputies have been going door-to-door on Wednesday, following up on leads from evidence they found earlier in the week. The sheriff’s office also released a new photo of Stafford taken last Tuesday before she disappeared.

Multiple law enforcement agencies have been working together on the search using boats and helicopters around the Harpeth River in addition to officers on the ground.

Deputies say they’re interviewing multiple people trying to find out what happened to Stafford. A bag with her clothes and cell phone was found on Highway 49 after she was reported missing.

 

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Body surfaces at Cheatham Dam during cleanup

Engineers were cleaning up debris when a body surfaced, authorities said.

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By Daniel Smithson
Published: May. 18, 2023 at 10:42 AM EDT

ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (WSMV) – A body was found Thursday morning at the Cheatham Dam, according to the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office.

Lt. Kenneth Miller said engineers were cleaning up debris when a body surfaced. Miller said after a heavy rain, debris and other materials will make their way from Cheatham Lake and get caught in the dam’s gate.

The body, which has not been identified, has been sent to a medical examiner for autopsy, Miller said.

Cheatham County investigators have been searching for 25-year-old Chase Stafford. Stafford was reportedly last seen in Cheatham County on Thursday, May 10, when she was dropped off on Chapmansboro Road in Ashland City.

Miller emphasized investigators are still following leads and the search for Stafford is still ongoing. Anyone with information regarding her disappearance is urged to contact investigators at 615-792-2098.

 

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Body found at Cheatham Dam identified as missing woman

The Tennessee Medical Examiner’s Office was able to confirm her identity on Friday.

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By Caleb Wethington
Published: May. 19, 2023 at 2:22 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The body recovered from the Cumberland River below the Cheatham Dam has been identified as 25-year-old missing woman Chase Stafford, according to the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office.

The sheriff’s office said her remains were trapped under debris that had accumulated in front of the dam.

After opening the flood gates during a routine cleaning of the debris, Stafford’s body was able to rise to the surface, the sheriff’s office said. The Tennessee Medical Examiner’s Office was able to confirm her identity on Friday.

The cause and manner of death have not been determined at this time and are pending further exam results, CCSO said.

“The Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office is still considering this to be an active investigation and now have shifted our focus to the circumstances surrounding her disappearance and subsequent death,” CCSO said.

If you have any information or were in contact with Stafford between Monday, May 9, and Wednesday, May 11, you’re asked to contact the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division at 615-792-2021 Detective David Diaz or Lt. Ken Miller or 615-792-2098 Cheatham County Dispatch.

“We also wish to thank the public for the assistance that we have received through the course of the search for Chase. This information has been very helpful and very much appreciated,” CCSO said.

 

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Last seen with her boyfriend.

Someone dropped her off on some such road, not hard to believe it likely him who claimed that otherwise he wouldn't be the last one she was seen with/known to be with.

Now she is found dead in a dam.

Not hard to draw a very strong likely conclusion from just these couple of facts.