3 people charged with helping suspected killer of 4 are accused of giving him shelter, phones
Tiponville, Tenn. (AP) – Three people accused of helping Tennessee Man A prosecutor said on Thursday that four people were suspected that four people had a shelter, telephone and driving.
Austin Robert Drummond In the rural city of Tiponville in Western Tennessee, a short court appeared before a judge by the video feed on Thursday.
Drummond claimed that four points were not guilty of first -degree murder in the deaths of a baby who was abandoned in the front garden of a house. A Weekly search It ended in Jackson for Drummond on August 5th, and about 70 miles (115 kilometers) southeast of the crime in Tiponville.
Lake County Regional Lawyer Danny Goodman said prosecutors Plan to call the death penalty If Drummond was convicted of first -degree murder at the hearing.
There were also Tanaka Brown and Dearrah Sanders, who appeared in court with a video stream, and was accused of being an accessory after this fact. Both claimed he wasn’t guilty. Giovonte Thomas did not go to court on Thursday. It is not immediately clear whether Thomas has entered a defense.
Judge Andrew Cook has made a preliminary hearing for Drummond to determine if there was enough evidence to direct his case to a large jury. Drummond’s lawyer rejected the comment after the trial.
Cook also planned preliminary hearings for Brown and Sanders on September 12th.
After the hearing, the regional lawyer told reporters that those accused of helping Drummond were suspected of telephone, clothes, shelters and driving.
Goodman did not explain a reason for the murders. At a previous hearing, Drummond told the judge that he wanted a quick trial, but Goodman said that Drummond’s encounter with a jury could be a year or more.
“This is a serious matter, Goodman said,” There is a lot of evidence to get together in the case, “said Goodman.
Western Tennessee’s rural areas aside for days.
Officers, according to the Dyer County Sheriff Office, on July 29 in the Tigrett region in the region of Tigrett, Tigrett region “in the front garden of a random individual” responding to the call of a falling car, he said.
Subsequently, researchers in the neighboring Lake County reported that four people were killed by firearm wounds in Tiponville. Authorities found that the baby’s parents were 21 -year -old James M. Wilson and 20 -year -old Adrianna Williams; Williams’ brother Braydon Williams, 15; and their mothers Cortney Rose, 38.
Goodman said it has not been seen since the night before the discovery of the bodies of four victims in a forest area. Tennessee Investigation Office is believed to target Drummond.
Goodman said Drummond’s girlfriend was her sister’s sister’s sister.
Drummond was sentenced to prison for robbing a market and threatening to pursue jury members. He also said that he was accused of the attempt to kill a prison guard while he was behind bars, and that he was in a bond during the murders.
Tiponville, which has a population of approximately 3,400 people, is located near the Mississippi River and Lake Scenic Reelfoot.
