CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Clarksville police have revealed that the man killed in a wrong-way crash on I-24 early Wednesday may have been linked to a body found in a home on State Line Rd. in Clarksville that same day.
On the morning of March 2, CPD officers conducted a welfare check at 160 State Line Rd., apartment 13. A woman was found dead inside the apartment.
She has been identified as 18-year-old Katelyn Thomas (Baldoni). The preliminary investigation determined that she had been the victim of assault.
Detectives were able to identify the suspect as her 21-year-old husband, Deashawn Thomas, a soldier at Fort Campbell, KY.
Deashawn Thomas has also been identified as the victim of the fatal car crash on I-24 Eastbound near mile marker 7 that occurred on Wednesday, March 2 at 1:16 a.m.
A report from Tennessee Highway Patrol said Thomas was traveling at a high rate of speed on I-24 when he passed a semi-truck, made a U-turn, and hit the truck head-on.
Thomas’s vehicle came to a rest in the median after impact and caught fire.
The semi-truck driver, who was not injured, had swerved in an attempt to avoid the vehicle and came to rest on the right shoulder.
This is an ongoing investigation. If anyone has any information related to this incident, please call Detective Chris Nolder at 931-648-0656 Ext 5341, or call or text CrimeStoppers TIPS Hotline at 931-645-TIPS (8477) – Text to 274637 (CRIMES).
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