TBI awaiting autopsy results in Martin Dollar General fire

MARTIN, Tenn. — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is awaiting autopsy results in the death of a woman found last month after a fire at a Dollar General store.

Authorities found the body of 59-year-old Ruby Rachel Tackett inside the Dollar General on Regina Street in Martin after responding July 27 to an early morning fire, according to the TBI.

TBI Public Information Officer Susan Niland said in an email that it has not been determined whether the death is a homicide. She said the TBI investigates unattended suspicious deaths as a homicide until and unless it is determined to be otherwise.

Niland said the results will help investigators better determine the cause of death. The results usually take several weeks to complete.

The TBI’s investigation is active and ongoing.