JACKSON, Tenn. (story courtesy of WSMV by WVLT) – The Jackson Police Department’s search for the man suspected of killing four people and abandoning a baby in Dyer County last week has ended.
After a “shelter in place” was ordered for residents along Bridlepath Drive and Saddlebrook Drive on Tuesday morning, Jackson PD announced that 28-year-old Austin Drummond was in custody at 9:15 a.m.
The manhunt for Drummond focused on the town of Jackson, Tennessee, after he was spotted in the area on Sunday, August 3. The shelter-in-place order was due to another sighting on Tuesday morning in roughly the same area.
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The Jackson PD ordered all residents in the area to review their security camera footage for traces of Drummond on Monday afternoon, which led to several additional sightings.
Footage showed Drummond near homes, knocking on doors while holding a firearm.
The whole area has been closed off due to the search. Pleasant Plains Road is shut down from Country Club Lane to Oil Well Road.
Drummond is wanted for the deaths of James Wilson, Adrianna Williams, Cortney Rose, and Braydon Williams in Tiptonville, Tennessee, near Reelfoot Lake on Tuesday, July 29. Agents obtained warrants for murder, aggravated kidnapping, and more for Drummond.
The four bodies were found Tuesday night on Carrington Road in Tiptonville, located in Lake County, approximately 40 miles away from where a seven-month-old girl was dropped off in a Dyer County yard.
Dyer County officials confirmed the victims are the baby’s parents, grandmother, and 15-year-old uncle.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation charged 23-year-old Dearrah Sanders, of Jackson, with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder on Monday morning.
Two others are also accused of helping Drummond; the TBI arrested Tanaka Brown, 29, and Giovonti Thomas, 29, both of Jackson. Brown and Thomas have been charged with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder.
Brown is also facing an additional charge of tampering with evidence. The TBI said the charges come after their investigation revealed Brown and Thomas assisted Drummond, but the agency did not share any details as to how.
