police search for honeymoon murder suspect

  Pigeon Forge police are searching for the husband of a woman found dead in her motel room.
    The body of Cassandra M. Petry, a white female, age 36, was found at approximately 11:30 p.m. Monday night in a motel in Pigeon Forge.
    The body was discovered when the sister of the victim called requesting a welfare check on her.
    The sister stated that she had not heard from her in over 24 hours and she could not reach her at the motel or on her cell phone.
    When officers arrived at the motel they discovered the body in the room, dead from what appeared to be stab wounds. Petry was in Pigeon Forge with her husband on their honeymoon.

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