MUS-2026-0187
Archive card
MUS-2026-0187
Suspicious death
- Incident
- 2015
- Indexed
- Oct 10, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- DeKalb County Sheriff's Department
- Location
- Smithville TN
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Lauren Agee, 21, was found floating in a cove at Center Hill Lake near Smithville, Tennessee, on July 26, 2015, after a WakeFest camping trip. Authorities ruled she fell from a cliff and accidentally drowned; the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation concurred in January 2018. Her mother disputes the ruling, citing no water in the lungs and a private hydrologist's finding that the fall could not have placed the body where it was found. Her mother filed a wrongful death suit, and the Tennessee Court of Appeals overturned its dismissal. No criminal charges were ever filed.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2015
Lauren Agee, 21, is found floating in a cove at Center Hill Lake on July 26.
- 2018
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation concurs the death was accidental.
- 2026
No criminal charges were ever filed.
Key people
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21, of Smithville, Tennessee. Found dead July 26, 2015, at Center Hill Lake. Her mother disputes the accidental ruling.
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