Cassidy Chalee Madison Jackson, 23, was reported missing by her family in Putnam County on Saturday, April 12, 2025, after last speaking with them the day before. She was found unconscious with head trauma on Rachels Lane in Hermitage, Tennessee, on the Friday night before her family’s report and was taken to a local medical center where she later died. An autopsy determined the cause of death was a fatal gunshot wound, and the case was declared a homicide.

Investigators tracked Jackson’s vehicle to Atlanta via a license plate reader and identified 35-year-old Robert E. Smith Jr. of Cookeville as a person of interest. At that time warrants had not been issued in Jackson’s killing, though Smith was already wanted on multiple charges from earlier in April, including eight counts of aggravated assault, especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated stalking, domestic assault, harassment, and vandalism. The following week law enforcement in Calhoun, Georgia, located Smith. During a pursuit he fired on officers; after crashing a stolen vehicle he was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Evidence collected in Georgia linked him to Jackson’s murder. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is handling the inquiry into Smith’s death.

Does anyone have information about Cassidy’s movements or anyone who might have seen her in Putnam County or Hermitage on April 11 or 12?