Mother killed in Antioch home; 3- and 6-year-old unharmed

By Bob Smietana • THE TENNESSEAN • March 3, 2009 The director of Southern Hills hospital's wound care center was found dead on Monday morning, in what Metro police believe was a homicide. The body of Manisha Kratochvil, 32, was found at 7:30 a.m. in a bedroom of her home on Sunnywood Drive in Antioch. Kratochvil's mother found her body after discovering the garage door standing open. There were no signs of forced entry. Kratochvil's children, 3 and 6, were in the home but were not injured. Her husband had been traveling for business when he was informed of his wife's death. He returned to Nashville Monday afternoon, according to Metro police. In November 2008, Kratochvil was named director of the Advanced Wound Care Center at Southern Hills Medical Center. A graduate of the University of Florida, she had a master's degree from Gardner-Webb University and had worked for Milliken & Company in Spartanburg, S.C., before moving to Nashville. Metro police ask that anyone with information about Kratochvil's death call South Precinct investigations at 862-7680, or Crime Stoppers at 74-CRIME. More links to information about this case: http://www.police.nashville.gov/news/media/2009/03/02.htm http://www.newschannel5.com/global/story.asp?s=9941819 http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=9934466