Suspect Wanted In Targeted Killings Of 4 In Tennessee Is Captured After Manhunt

A murder fishy wanted successful relationship pinch nan "targeted" July deaths of 4 people successful Tennessee aft a babe was discovered abandoned successful a person’s beforehand gait was captured aft a multi-day manhunt.

Austin Robert Drummond, 28, was taken into custody, constabulary successful Jackson, Tennessee, said Tuesday morning.

U.S. Marshals captured him aft he was sighted successful nan area Sunday evening, constabulary said.

Drummond, who was past seen connected July 29, was wanted connected 4 counts of first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, and weapon charges successful relationship pinch nan deaths of Matthew Wilson, 21; Adrianna Williams, 20; Cortney Rose, 38; and Braydon Williams, 15. Their bodies were recovered connected July 29 successful a wooded area adjacent Tiptonville, northbound of Memphis, according to Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David Rausch.

Suspect Austin Drummond.Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

Authorities person not said really they died aliases identified a imaginable motive.

Speaking to reporters Friday, Rausch said nan killings were not a random enactment of violence.

“It appears, pinch each nan accusation that we have, that this was a targeted incident,” he said.

The deceased were relatives of an babe who was recovered abandoned astir 40 miles southbound of nan wooded area successful Tiptonville. The kid was recovered successful nan beforehand gait of a location aft Drummond near nan babe location and flagged group down to help, Rausch said.

He called nan move "a motion of compassion."

Officials said Friday that nan kid was safe and being cared for.

Wilson and Adrianna Williams were nan infant’s parents, according to Danny Goodman, nan territory lawyer for Lake and Dyer counties. Rose was nan grandmother, and Braydon was nan maternal uncle, he said.

A relative of nan victims said that Drummond utilized to day a sister of Rose’s. In a Facebook post, nan comparative said that Drummond had been adjacent to their family.

“He has virtually been thing short of astonishing to america and our kids each clip he has been astir america up until this point,” nan station said.

Drummond was antecedently convicted of aggravated robbery and served astir a decade successful prison. He was charged pinch attempted execution aft his merchandise past twelvemonth and was retired connected enslaved astatine nan clip of nan quadruple homicide, Goodman said.

Three group described arsenic associates of Drummond's person been arrested and accused of assisting him.

Agents pinch nan Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested Tanaka Brown, 29, connected Friday, and Giovontie Thomas, 29, connected Saturday.

Brown and Thomas, some 29, person been charged pinch accessory aft nan truth to first-degree murder, nan bureau said successful a Saturday statement. Brown besides faces 1 count of tampering pinch evidence.

Dearrah Sanders was besides charged pinch accessory aft nan truth to first-degree murder. She's accused of helping him aft nan murders, nan bureau said successful a news release.

Additional specifications of really they allegedly assisted Drummond person not been released.