An investigation by TBI special agents, the Pikevillle Police Department and the 12th Judicial District Attorney General has resulted in the indictment of a Rhea County woman, charged in the drug-related death of a Pikeville woman in August 2022.
According to a TBI press release, agents and officers identified 33-year-old Kayla Tinsley as the individual involved in the fentanyl distribution that led directly to the overdose death of 27-year-old Hailey Green.
On April 1st, the Rhea County Grand Jury returned indictments charging Kayla P. Tinsley with one count of Second Degree Murder and three counts of Possession of Schedule II Controlled Substance for Resale. On Tuesday, Tinsley was arrested and booked into the Rhea County Jail on a $450,000 bond.