BARTLETT,
TN-Friday evening, May 1, 2009, police confirmed they had found the body of a missing
Bartlett woman in
Northeast Shelby County along the
Loosahatchie River, just off of
Brunswick Road. Police say Micah Pate’s husband admitted accidentally shooting her, and that Thomas Pate led them to her body.
Bartlett police say Thomas Pate originally told them he had last seen his wife Thursday evening, April 30, 2009, as she went for a run around 8:30 p.m. He called police to report her missing about two hours later.
Friday afternoon, Pate’s co-workers helped search for her along the route she usually ran, and handed out fliers.
Friday evening, shortly after friends and family held a vigil for the missing woman at a church in East Memphis, Bartlett police found Micah Pate’s body.
Police say Thomas Pate will be charged tomorrow, Saturday, May 2, 2009.