Woman, 19, identified as victim of fatal stabbing outside Pigeon Forge restaurant
Bystanders found the woman in the back parking lot of the Sunliner Diner.
Woman, 19, identified as victim of fatal stabbing outside Pigeon Forge restaurant Bystanders found the woman in the back parking lot of the Sunliner Diner. Check out this story on knoxnews.com: https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2020/01/09/sevier-teen-charged-fatal-stabbing-outside-pigeon-forge-restaurant/4418829002/
Hayes Hickman, Knoxville News Sentinel Published 10:42 a.m. ET Jan. 9, 2020 | Updated 12:45 p.m. ET Jan. 9, 2020
The victim of a fatal stabbing attack outside a Pigeon Forge restaurant Wednesday night was a 19-year-old woman who was being stalked by a co-worker now charged in her slaying, according to loved ones.
Savannah Elizabeth Burford was the woman found stabbed in a parking lot behind the Sunliner Diner, 2302 Parkway, according to a GoFundMe.com fundraiser launched to assist her family with funeral expenses.
Burford worked at the diner, along with the suspect, identified by authorities as 18-year-old Gabriel Enrique Turcios.
"She was intelligent, sweet, loving and brave," the GoFundMe page states. "Savannah wanted nothing more than to enjoy her life and be happy."
Officers arrived to find Burford being helped by bystanders. Turcios was found a short distance away from the attack, according to a Pigeon Forge Police Department news release.
Burford was taken by ambulance to LeConte Medical Center, and later flown by helicopter to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, where she died from her injuries.
Turcios is charged in first-degree murder and aggravated assault.
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