KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — UPDATE 10:30 AM TUESDAY: Knoxville police expect to turn over their investigation into a fatal stabbing early Aug. 10 in Fountain City to prosecutors by the end of the week.
It'll be up to the Knox County District Attorney General's Office to determine whether to go forward with charges, according to a statement Monday from Knoxville Police Department spokesman Scott Erland.
Markisha Allen, 24, was stabbed to death in an apartment at 910 Inskip Drive, a report states. She was found lying on an upstairs balcony.
Records identify a female as a suspect in the killing. She has not been arrested.
Police are investigating whether the incident was an act of self-defense.
Friends and family members of Allen say she was a victim and not a perpetrator.
PREVIOUS STORY: A woman is dead after a stabbing Aug. 10 in North Knoxville.
According to the Knoxville Police Department, officers arrived at Holly Berry Apartments at the 900 block of East Inskip Drive just after midnight Monday to find a woman lying outside an apartment with stab wounds.
A police report identifies the woman as Markisha Allen.
According to KPD, its preliminary investigation suggests the woman arrived at the apartment and she began fighting with another woman. KPD said at some point, the other woman stabbed her.