Johnny Cash's family call on police to investigate the death of his great niece ... trends now
Johnny Cash's family is urging investigators to re-open the murder case of his great-niece to determine if another person may have been involved after they discovered unseen documents.
Courtney Cash, then 23, was found stabbed to death and stuffed in a container in her Cookeville, Tennessee home on March 18, 2014.
Her family gathered on the ninth anniversary of her death on Saturday at Cookeville Courthouse Square to remember Courtney months after her mom, Cindy Cash, obtained an unseen police report of her death.
'We’re requesting for them to even just look at their own records, their own reporting, their own investigating,' Cindy told WKRN.
Wayne Gary Masciarella, 26, was arrested for Courtney's murder and pleaded guilty in 2016 to second-degree murder. He is serving a 15-year sentence.
Courtney Cash, then 23, was found stabbed to death and stuffed in a container in her Cookeville, Tennessee home on March 18, 2014
At the time of Courtney's death, Masciarella stabbed her after getting into an altercation with her and her boyfriend William Austin Johnson (left), who also suffered stab wounds. The two shared a 20-month-old daughter
It's unclear what is written in the police report, but in the past, Cindy urged police to take a deeper look into Courtney's murder.
At the time of Courtney's death, Masciarella stabbed her after getting into an altercation with her and her boyfriend William Austin Johnson, who also suffered stab wounds, police said.
Johnson told prosecutors at the time that Masciarella attacked him and Courtney, injected them with something and then stabbed them because he believed he was poisoned, WKRN reported.
Courtney's mother, Cindy Cash, said she recently obtained an unseen police report of
