SMITH COUNTY – A TBI investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Smith County woman, who faces charges related to the shooting death of her son.

At the request of the 15th Judicial District Attorney General Jason Lawson, TBI agents were requested to investigate the January 30th shooting death of Theodore Taylor (DOB 01/03/2003), at a home on Rawls Creek Road in Gordonsville. During the course of the investigation, agents developed information that Trena Roberts caused Taylor, her son, to commit an assault against two men by the use or display of a deadly weapon, and caused one of those men to recklessly kill Taylor.

On August 5th, the Smith County Grand Jury returned indictments charging Trena Roberts (DOB 11/12/1974) with one count of Reckless Homicide and two counts of Aggravated Assault. Roberts was arrested on August 7th and was booked in the Smith County Jail on a $40,000 bond.