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Multiple homicide suspect Austin Drummond, captured after a week on the run, for murders of four members of Tennessee family, then dumping their infant on a stranger’s front lawn miles away

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7bf7f0fe6fcb588ec8ec8aa8c5f589cf wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;301f1f&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Austin Robert Drummond of Tennessee has been arrested <strong>on charges of first-degree murder&comma; kidnapping and unlawful firearm possession<&sol;strong> after a week on the run<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-17711f9c661e49ae181f5ed3a1747573 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;301f1f&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Drummond&comma; 28&comma; is suspected of killing four family members <strong> in Tiptonville&comma; Tennessee on July 29<&sol;strong>&comma; kidnapping the youngest meber of the family&comma; an infant girl&comma; whom he abandoned on a stranger&&num;8217&semi;s front lawn <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b335e8b6ef684dd8e38fb0926e657aa7 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;301f1f&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Drummond allegedly murdered the baby&&num;8217&semi;s parents Adrianna Williams&comma; 20&comma; James Matthew Wilson&comma; 21&comma; the maternal grandmother Cortney Rose&comma; 38&comma; and 15-year-old uncle&comma; Braydon Williams<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d9a0b4136554db3d18a98df55eef3f6c wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;301f1f&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Drummond been released after serving a 13-year prison sentence for armed robbery in September 2024&comma; was out on bond <strong><strong>for an attempted murder from his time in prison<&sol;strong><&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-98ffd9442a1de6d0b952fad6e9702cf5 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;301f1f&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong><strong><strong>While Drummond was a fugitive&comma; police arrested three people who allegedly &&num;8216&semi;assisted&&num;8217&semi; him in connection with the murders <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-70e3895a59b2fea910926981a187d41b wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;301f1f&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Dearrah Sanders&comma; 23&comma; Tanaka Brown&comma; 29&comma; and Giovonte Thomas&comma; 29&comma; are facing charges of accessory after the fact to first-degree murder<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3c6e28cf4fcd078d140b0455e927afb4 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;301f1f&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Motive for the murders has not been released <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;08&sol;Austin-Robert-Drummond-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-483193" style&equals;"width&colon;804px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Austin Robert Drummond&comma; 28&comma; a Tennessee man suspected of murdering four members of a family&comma; last week Tuesday&comma; leaving an infant as the lone survivor vicious attack&comma; has been arrested after a week on the run<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A Tennessee man suspected of killing four members of a family last week&comma; leaving only an infant as the lone survivor has been arrested after seven days on the run&period; <br>Austin Robert Drummond&comma; 28&comma; is alleged to have <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2025&sol;07&sol;31&sol;case-of-baby-girl-abandoned-on-a-strangers-front-lawn-in-rural-tennessee-linked-to-gruesome-discovery-of-her-slain-parents-grandma-and-uncle-24-miles-away&sol;">murdered <&sol;a>Adrianna Williams&comma; 20&comma; her boyfriend James Matthew Wilson&comma; 21&comma; her mother Cortney Rose&comma; 38&comma; and her 15-year-old brother Braydon Williams&comma; in Tiptonville&comma; Tennessee on July 29&period; <br>Drummond&comma; who was not related to the family but had dated a relative&comma; abducted and transported Wilson and Williams&&num;8217&semi; baby girl across county lines where he abandoned her on a &&num;8216&semi;random&&num;8217&semi; front lawn 40 miles from where the bodies were found&period; <br>After a massive manhunt by law enforcement&comma; brought an end to his his seven days on the run as the ex-con was captured Tuesday morning&comma; the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation shared an image of the murder suspect being taken into custody in rainfall in the woods somewhere in the city of Jackson&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;07&sol;Matthew-Wilson-and-Adrianna-Williams-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-482792" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Discovery of the killings came after Adrianna Williams&comma; 20 and James Matthew Wilson&&num;8217&semi;s infant daughter was abandoned on a stranger&&num;8217&semi;s front lawn in a neighboring county&period; Williams&comma; 20 and Wilson&comma; 21&comma; were found in a dense&comma; wooded area hours later&period; Both shot dead <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;07&sol;Cortney-Rose-with-her-son-Braydon-Williams-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-482825" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Adrianna Williams&&num;8217&semi; mother Cortney Rose&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb; and her son Braydon Williams&comma; 15&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; were also both found dead along with Adrianna and James Mathew Wilson<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;08&sol;Adrianna-Williams-and-James-Matthew-Wilsons-infant-daughter-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-483197" style&equals;"width&colon;832px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The victims were the parents&comma; grandmother and uncle of this infant girl who was abandoned on a random front lawn in a neighboring county&comma; 40 miles away from the crime scene<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Prior to his arrest&comma; Drummond was last spotted on Sunday night in the city of Jackson&comma; about 70 miles from the scene of the murders&comma; dressed in camouflage&comma; armed with a rifle&period; <br>Officials shared surveillance footage of the alleged quadruple-homicide suspect&comma; warning locals to &&num;8216&semi;exercise extreme caution&&num;8217&semi; until the &&num;8216&semi;armed and dangerous&&num;8217&semi; suspect is caught&period; <br>Authorities warned that Drummond may have also altered his appearance while on the run&comma; and the image released from his capture showed that he had shaved a goatee that he wore in his last mugshot&period; <br>It was revealed that Drummond who has a history of vicious crimes had been released in September 2024&comma; after a 13-year prison stint for armed robbery&period; <br>Upon release&comma; he faced new charges&comma; including attempted first-degree murder and contraband in a penal facility&period; He was out on bond for the attempted murder charge from his time in prison&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;08&sol;Austin-Robert-Drummonds-getaway-car-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-483209" style&equals;"width&colon;832px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Drummond was last seen driving his white Audi A3 sedan with visible damage to the drivers&&num;8217&semi; side and the Tennessee tag RI 01896<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;08&sol;Austin-Robert-Drummond-5&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-483195" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Before his arrest&comma; Drummond <strong>armed with a rifle<&sol;strong><&sol;strong> <strong>was last spotted on Sunday night in the city of Jackson&comma; around 70 miles from the crime scene in in Tiptonville&comma; Tennessee&comma; dressed in camouflage <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Last Tuesday&&num;8217&semi;s saga unfolded after police were first alerted to a baby girl left in a car seat on a &&num;8216&semi;random individual&&num;8217&semi;s front yard&&num;8217&semi; in Tigrett&comma; Tennessee&period; <br>A local reported seeing a white vehicle pulling into the yard&comma; dropped off the child on the front lawn before speeding away&comma; triggering an urgent search for her family&period;  <br>Law enforcement started with trying to locate the baby&&num;8217&semi;s parents and grandmother&comma; in the belief that they were culpable in the child&&num;8217&semi;s abandonment&period; <br>However in the course of the search&comma; police uncovered the massacre of her family&comma; about 40 miles away in a wooded area in Tiptonville&comma; Tennessee&period;  <br>The four family members were found dead&comma; all with gunshot wounds&period; Drummond was announced as the prime suspect two days later on July 31&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;08&sol;Austin-Robert-Drummond-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-483196" style&equals;"width&colon;770px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Prior to his capture&comma; <strong>officials were offering rewards upwards of &dollar;30&comma;000 for information leading to the arrest <&sol;strong>of Austin Drummond who was wanted on charges of first-degree murder&comma; kidnapping and unlawful firearm possession<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In the week that Drummond was a fugitive&comma; cops arrested three people in connection with the murders&comma; including Dearrah Sanders&comma; 23&comma; who allegedly &&num;8216&semi;assisted&&num;8217&semi; the killer&period; <br>Tanaka Brown&comma; 29&comma; and Giovonte Thomas&comma; 29&comma; were also arrested during the manhunt&comma; and all three are facing charges of accessory after the fact to first-degree murder&period; <br>Authorities have not yet detailed how the three individuals allegedly helped Drummond&period; <br>Drummond was wanted on charges of first-degree murder&comma; kidnapping and unlawful firearm possession&comma; and officials were offering rewards upwards of &dollar;30&comma;000 for information leading to his arrest&period; <br>When Drummond came up for parole hearing in June 2020&comma; District Attorney General Jody Pickens strongly opposed his application for early release&comma; describing him as a &&num;8216&semi;dangerous felony offender&&num;8217&semi; and member of the street and prison gang&comma; Vice Lords &&num;8211&semi; considered one of the largest&comma; notoriously violent prison gangs&comma; founded inside a Chicago juvenile facility in 1958&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;08&sol;Austin-Robert-Drummond-7&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-483207" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Drummond a vicious ex-con&comma; previous served a lengthy sentence following his conviction for aggravated robbery&period; He was released from prison in September 2024&comma; after serving 13 years <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The motive behind the slayings has not been released&comma; although officials said that Drummond was known to the family&period; <br>The killer had dated one of Cortney Rose&&num;8217&semi;s sisters&comma; and often spent time with the family&period; <br>Cortney&&num;8217&semi;s daughter Adrianna Williams and her boyfriend James Matthew were the baby&&num;8217&semi;s parents&comma; while the fourth victim&comma; Braydon Williams was Adrianna&&num;8217&semi;s younger brother&period; <br>Drummond’s criminal history is well-known to authorities in Dyer County&comma; where he has previously faced charges&comma; appearing in court multiple times&period; <br>His record includes gun&comma; drug&comma; and contraband charges while incarcerated&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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