NASHVILLE, TN. (THECOUNT) — Ashley Yarbrough of Spring Hill, Tennessee, has been identified as the young woman found stabbed to death in Madison, a suburban neighborhood of northeast Nashville.

Yarbrough, 24, was found suffering from multiple stab wounds Monday night at the bottom of a stairwell at group of condominiums, located at 1301 Neelys Bend Road, adjacent to Neelys Bend Middle School.

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Police say an acquaintance of Yarbrough was involved in an altercation with the victim but denied being the one who stabbed her. The acquaintance made the 911 call around 11:50 p.m., reports Fox17.

Investigators are pursuing leads but say neither Yarbrough or the acquaintance lived at the condos. It is believed Yarbrough was stabbed by someone she knows, not by a stranger.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 615-880-3311 or Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.

Madison is a former settlement, now a suburban neighborhood of northeast Nashville, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is incorporated as part of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. The population of Madison’s 37115 zip code as of the US Census Bureau 2016 estimates was 40,146, source Wikipedia.