The Toll

Tracking Chattanooga's Homicides

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Taja Whiteside


Date: 1/11/2019


Gender: Female


Age: 30


Race: Black


Time: 11:52 a.m.


Suspect(s): Kameron Leslie


Status: Suspect identified

What happened:

Taja Whiteside, 30, is found dead in a home in the 5800 block of Moody Sawyer Road in Hixson just before noon on Jan. 11. The manner of the death is not immediately clear, but over the course of the investigation and after a discussion with the Hamilton County Medical Examiner, it's ruled a homicide on Jan. 17.


Read more:

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Chattanooga police searching for suspect in woman's strangling death
Report: Hixson woman who was found dead in her home on Jan. 11 was strangled to death
Chattanooga police investigating woman's Jan. 11 death as homicide

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