Funeral services will be Wednesday in Hixson for the daughter of former WTCI Channel 45 general manager Victor Hogstrom who was found murdered near Atlanta.
Shawntel Renae Hogstrom Barnes, 27, was a graduate of Hixson High School and UTC. Upon her death, she was a supervisor at Peach State Health Plan in Atlanta. Prior to moving to Atlanta, she was a member of Central Baptist Church, Hixson.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. at Central Baptist Church in Hixson with Rev. Linwood Taylor officiating. Interment will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson. Active pallbearers will be Carlton Ashman, Chris Hogstrom, Austin Rodgers, Lenzie Taylor, Ronnie Taylor and Terri Taylor.
Memorial contributions may be made to a Women’s Shelter for Domestic Abuse of your choice.
Arrangements are by the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist.
An autopsy showed the victim had been stabbed to death.
Ms. Barnes lived at Conyers. Her body was found in a lake in Henry County, Ga. She had been reported missing last week.
The body was spotted Wednesday by a jogger running past the lake located near Metro Heights Baptist Church on Georgia Highway 138 near Stockbridge.
Police said they want to talk to her husband, Dantel Barnes, about the case. They said he did not show up to take a lie detector test on Monday.
Police said there was a history of domestic violence between the two.
Barnes had told police he saw his wife get in a car with a man early on the morning of Oct. 20.
The victim's ID and cellphone were left at her home, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution said.
Mr. Hogstrom left Chattanooga in June to go to another public broadcasting station. He also recently remarried.