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Tamla Horsford, 40, was found Nov. 4 face down and unresponsive in the backyard of the home of friend who was throwing an overnight party, authorities said.

The hostess’s boyfriend, Jose Barrera, reportedly discovered Horsford’s body and called 911.

“She’s lying in the yard, basically on the patio downstairs … She’s not moving one bit,” Barrera could be heard saying in a 911 call obtained by WSB-TV. “She’s not breathing. I’m noticing a small cut on her right wrist. She’s not breathing whatsoever. I don’t know if this cut was self-inflicted.”

Horsford’s death was ruled an accident by the coroner, who wrote that a fall from a deck caused multiple blunt-force injuries. “Acute ethanol intoxication” was also listed in the report as a contributing factor to Horsford’s death.

But those who knew Horsford well have said they had difficulty believing the coroner’s findings and noted another medical examiner, who was hired by Horsford’s family, found extensive injuries all over her body.

“It's impossible to get the injuries that she had from one fall," Michelle Graves, who said Horsford was her best friend, told WSB-TV.

She told the station she and Horsford’s other loved ones “feel there's something awry with the story and with how she lost her life.”

Details surrounding Horsford’s death became public knowledge last week when Barrera, the partygoer who found Horsford who also worked as a Forsyth County court officer, allegedly accessed documents related to the case. Barrera was reportedly fired based on a court administrator’s “loss of confidence” in his ability to perform his duties as a pre-trial services officer. Barrera previously denied to the Forsyth County News leaking any information and stated that he was never given any clear answer for why he was terminated.

 
Oh ... a mystery or a really drunk lady who fell. They should do a rape kit ... maybe she was sexually assaulted, and it got rough, and then she was pushed ???
 
The case of a mother's mysterious death is getting a renewed look, more than 18 months after she was found dead in the backyard of a Forsyth County home.

Tamla Horsford, 40, was attending an overnight house party for adults back in November 2018 when she died. Horsford's death was ruled an accident, but the story became the center of a viral social media controversy.

But the case will be reopened after the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office officially requested that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation do so.

"Renewed requests for reexamination are best served by an independent law enforcement agency to review previous findings and to search and act on any new evidence which may come to light," Sheriff Ron Freeman wrote in a letter to GBI Director Vic Reynolds, and posted on the sheriff's office's Facebook page.

"We recognize that transparency is vital for law enforcement agencies and we want to ensure that no stone has been left unturned in the investigation of this tragic death."

The GBI confirmed that it received the sheriff's request and will open an investigation.

The case was initially closed in February of 2019, after the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office said it spent 300 hours investigating the situation, including conducting more than 30 interviews with party guests and others connected to the event.

But on Wednesday, the case was thrust back into the conversation after an attorney representing Horsford's family issued a statement suggesting that the mother of five was killed - and accused local law enforcement of covering it up.

In a letter to Tamala's widower, attorney Ralph E. Fernandez said after an "exhaustive review" of records from the case by his team, they found that "a homicide is a strong possibility."

According to reporting, Horsford was found fully clothed in the backyard of a home on Woodlet Court on the morning of Nov. 4, 2018. Investigators said that they got a 911 call just before 9 a.m. for reports of an unresponsive person.
 
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