NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A new report from the medical examiner's office revealed how a Macon County teen died this summer after she was reported missing.
Trinity Bostic, 17, was found in a wooded area along a roadway in Hendersonville, where a trash worker discovered her body. The medical examiner said she died after a gunshot wound to the head and neck. Her death is ruled a homicide.
The report said an unfired cartridge for a firearm was found in the same area as Bostic's body.
Her body was found 45 miles away from where she lived in Lafayette.
A judge ruled in early August that Fernando Perales Mejia, 17 — who is accused of killing her — will be tried as an adult.
Trinity's friends believe he is an ex-boyfriend. His first adult court appearance will be Sep. 27 at 9:30 a.m.
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