GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Police have positively identified a woman whose body was found in a burning vehicle in Greeneville in December.
According to the Greeneville Police Department, 56-year-old Sandra Kay Peterson's body was found inside the vehicle.
Greene County 911 received a call for a vehicle fire at Eastside Baptist Church around 8 p.m. on Dec. 20. When the Greeneville Fire Department and GPD arrived at the church, first responders found a car fully engulfed in flames.
GPD said first responders found Peterson's body in the car after the fire was extinguished.
After months of investigation, the Green County Grand Jury found that the death of Peterson was an accident. The fire started when she was driving and her car was lodged in a pile of dry hay causing it to ignite, according to GPD.