61-year-old Randall Lee Rose was recently indicted by a Knox County Grand Jury for the murder of a woman who was reported missing in Knoxville in 2013.
Rose was indicted for first-degree murder in the death of Sharon Leinart, 58. Leinart was reported missing in March of 2013. At the time of the report, Leinart was homeless and had last been seen in January 2013 at Volunteer Ministries in the 500 block of N. Broadway. A family member allegedly spoke with Leinart in late January. At that time, she reported that she was staying at a Knoxville-area motel.
Leinart was not seen again and her body was never recovered.
Rose is currently serving a life sentence for a murder that happened in 2021 in Jackson, Tennessee. During that investigation, Rose volunteered information that he was involved in a murder in Knoxville.
In the course of the follow-up investigation that was led by the KPD Homicide Unit, detectives were able to connect Rose to the disappearance and death of Leinart.
Rose is scheduled to be arraigned on the first-degree murder charge December 3, 2024.
