Woman arrested in slaying of Fort Campbell veteran

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A Clarksville woman has been arrested in the slaying of an Army veteran whose body was found in a wooded area of Middle Tennessee in 2015.

The Leaf-Chronicle reported Thursday that the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says in a statement that 39-year-old Jade Amanda Rose Breeden was charged with murder in 30-year-old Melissa Sue Napier’s death.

Napier’s body was discovered in Palmyra in December 2015 by a hunter. She had been reported missing on Dec. 8 by her brother.

Napier served four-and-a-half years in the Army, including two tours in Iraq working as a chemical operations specialist. She had been based at Fort Campbell, a sprawling Army post on the Kentucky-Tennessee line. She was living in nearby Clarksville when she disappeared.

It’s unclear if Breeden has an attorney.

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