The 2018 death of a Black woman during a sleepover party for adults is getting renewed attention since authorities launched a new investigation.
The family of 40-year-old Tamla Horsford has long suspected foul play after she was found dead in the backyard of a home about 40 miles northeast of Atlanta on Nov. 4, 2018. Forsyth County sheriff’s investigators concluded last year that she died after accidentally falling from a second-story deck.
An autopsy found injuries to the woman’s head, neck and torso that detectives said were consistent with a fall. The wounds included a laceration to her heart. A toxicology screening found the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in her system, along with marijuana and a blood-alcohol level of .238 — roughly three times the limit to legally drive a car. The sheriff officially closed his case in February 2019.
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