Roane County, TN (WOKI) The man charged in connection with the death of a woman who was found along I-40 in Roane County last year is indicted Tuesday by a Roane County Grand Jury.

Stevie Bernard Williams of Rockwall, Texas was indicted on a single charge of leaving the scene of an accident knowing death resulted. The Grand Jury declined to indict Williams on five other charges in the death of 40-year-old Lateshia Patillo including criminally negligent homicide.

Patillo was found with serious injuries along I-40 in Roane County in October 2024. She was taken to UT Medical Center, where she later died.

Williams reportedly told investigators that he was traveling with Patillo in the area on the day she was found when she jumped from the passenger seat of his semi-truck that was traveling at approximately 68 miles per hour and that he did not contact emergency services, but instead continued on his route toward New Jersey.

An autopsy determined that Patillo died from multiple blunt force injuries.