Second vehicle found in hunt for suspect in killings of abandoned Tennessee baby’s relatives

03.08.2025    WSVN 7 News Miami    2 views
Second vehicle found in hunt for suspect in killings of abandoned Tennessee baby’s relatives

CNN Investigators are looking for a man they allege killed four relatives of a Tennessee baby who was unveiled abandoned alive this week in sweltering heat the Tennessee Bureau of Research disclosed Thursday Austin Robert Drummond is sought in connection with the deaths of James M Wilson Adrianna Williams Cortney Rose and Braydon Williams whose bodies were determined Tuesday in Tiptonville a town in northwest Tennessee s Lake County the TBI noted The four were detected dead hours after the baby daughter of Wilson and Adrianna Williams was exposed abandoned Tuesday afternoon in a car seat in a random front yard near the Dyer County society of Tigrett nearly a -mile drive southeast of Tiptonville leadership had revealed The conveyance Drummond was supposed to be driving a white Audi was located unoccupied in Jackson Tennessee and has been recovered by personnel the TBI revealed Friday Jackson is about miles southeast of Tigrett A second conveyance sought in the hunt for Drummond a white Ford pickup truck with a red stripe has been located in Dyer County the TBI declared Saturday The TBI hasn t explained what led it to name Drummond as a suspect or whether investigators know of a motive in the killings or why the baby was abandoned a county away from where the bodies were identified Rose was the baby s maternal grandmother and Braydon Williams was the baby s maternal uncle according to Danny Goodman district attorney for Dyer and Lake counties The sufferers were all from Dyer County and we suspect the person that killed them knew all of them Goodman who also approved Wilson and Adrianna Williams were the baby s parents explained CNN Thursday Warrants for Drummond have been issued charging him with four counts of first-degree murder one count of aggravated kidnapping four counts of felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony the TBI mentioned Drummond is maintained to still be in the area and should be considered dangerous agents commented at a Friday news conference urging the society not to engage with him if he is spotted and instead call for assistance We do need the society to be very careful we do not need them to try to approach this person mentioned David Rausch director of the TBI Drummond was previously convicted of aggravated robbery for robbing a gas station in Jackson Tennessee with a gun in court records show He was sentenced to years in prison for that conviction and was issued in September records show The US Marshals Facility and TBI reported a joint reward Thursday for any information leading to Drummond s arrest He is feet inches tall weighs pounds and has brown hair blue eyes and a goatee according to the TBI Baby ascertained abandoned hours before bodies discovered The review began Tuesday afternoon when the baby was determined in a car seat in a front yard near Tigrett the Dyer County Sheriff s Office announced Investigators spurred by a caller who saw the child were checking reports that a dark-colored minivan or a white mid-size SUV had left the baby there the sheriff s office explained the heat index was degrees The baby girl is approximately months old Goodman revealed Hours after the baby s abandonment the sheriff s office revealed four people later identified as the baby s relatives were ascertained dead in Tiptonville The bodies were revealed Tuesday along Tiptonville s Carrington Road the TBI reported without elaborating The TBI when CNN contacted it with questions about the inspection referred only to its news releases The releases do not detail how the four were killed how they were exposed whether investigators know of a motive or who may have left the baby in the yard near Tigrett This is a deeply saddening day for our public Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Box revealed in a Facebook post Tuesday We are committed to uncovering the truth and ensuring justice is served Nearly a dozen agencies are working on the incident including the FBI and a US Marshals Utility fugitive task force the TBI stated

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