Posted on 08/05/2025 12:48:57 PM PDT by Red Badger
Alleged murder suspect Austin Drummond is in police custody following a six-day manhunt, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) announced on Tuesday.
Drummond, 28, was caught in Jackson, Tennessee, the TBI said on social media. The agency released a photo of Drummond shortly after his capture and said it would provide more details “soon.”
Drummond was wanted on four counts of first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, and various firearm charges, according to a TBI press release. The suspect was spotted near a local church on Sunday, as surveillance footage showed him trying to enter locked doors while carrying a rifle, Fox News reported.
Police located Drummond’s car in Jackson last Friday and focused the search on the area.
The TBI also arrested two men and one woman in connection with the quadruple murder. All three have been charged with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder. One man was also charged with tampering with evidence, according to a TBI press release.
The four victims found dead last week were relatives of a baby girl who was discovered abandoned in a “random” yard in Dyer County last Tuesday, The Daily Wire previously reported. Authorities began searching for the baby’s family to question them about the child. A few hours after the baby was found, police found the bodies of her family in a wooded area of Lake County, the county to the north of Dyer.
The deceased were identified as the baby’s mother, Adrianna Williams, 20; father, James Wilson, 21; grandmother, Cortney Rose, 38; and uncle, Braydon Williams, 15.
District Attorney Danny Goodman said Drummond knew the victims. Rose’s half sister is Drummond’s current girlfriend, according to the district attorney.
The exact relationship between Drummond and the half sister is unclear. A woman who identified herself as Rose’s sister-in-law said in a Facebook post that the girlfriend used to date Drummond. An obituary for another relative, however, said the pair was married.
Drummond was convicted of armed robbery in 2014 in Madison County, NBC News reported. His prison sentence ended in September 2024. Two months later, he was charged with attempted murder and drug crimes. Drummond was out on bond at the time of the killings.
This article will be updated as more information becomes available.
Did he learn he was the biological father of the child?
Unknown at this time................
“surveillance footage showed him trying to enter locked doors while carrying a rifle,”
I thought it was weird that our church keeps the doors locked during services. Guess it’s not so weird after all.
These days it’s a necessity.....................
All churches should have a solid security program.
30 years on death row...
“All churches should have a solid security program.”
We do have many in the congregation who carry. And we have deacons who man the doors to observe. That could be part of an organized security program that began before we started to attend.
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