The body of 18-year-old Jasmine Ranae Hines was found on Howell Ridge Road, off Beatties Ford Road.
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. -- Police have released the name of a woman found dead Monday morning along a rural road in Huntersville.
The body of 18-year-old Jasmine Ranae Hines was found on Howell Ridge Road, off Beatties Ford Road. She had been shot in the chest and her car was in a nearby ditch.
Police said Hines lived at a house on Patricia Ryan Drive in north Charlotte that was destroyed by fire earlier that morning. Two other people died in that fire but their identities were not released.
Police believe the two crimes are connected but have not determined a motive and do not have any details about suspects.