New Tazewell, TN (WOKI) A New Tazewell man is being charged with killing his wife.

An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office which began on April 2nd into the death of 49-year-old Lori Ann Hopson found that her husband, 37-year-old Benjamin Wayne Hopson, was responsible for her death.

Lori Ann Hopson was found dead outside of a vehicle in the 500 block of Barren Creek Road.

According to Benjamin Hopson’s arrest warrant, he attacked his wife with a knife while inside the car as they drove down the road. During the attack, the warrant reads, he stabbed her “multiple times in the chest.” The car then crashed, the warrant indicates, and Benjamin Hopson cut his wife’s throat with the knife.

“Shortly after the incident,” the warrant reads, “Benjamin Wayne Hopson was observed by witnesses who described him as being naked, wet, and having blood on his hand and body.”

Benjamin Hopson is charged with criminal homicide and is currently being held on a $1 million bond.

Officials with the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office have shared that Lori Ann Hopson was a corrections officer who was in charge of the kitchen at the Claiborne County Jail.

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) An investigation is underway following the death of a man while in Knoxville police custody.

Knoxville Police Department officials say its Office of Professional Standards is set to review the death of a 57-year-old man after he was detained by the department during a search warrant executed late Sunday night at the Ammons apartment complex on Asheville Highway.

KPD says after being detained, the man reportedly said he did not feel well and was taken to UT Medical Center where he died shortly after arriving at the hospital.

KPD adds that a preliminary review of body camera footage showed no force and no violations of KPD policy but that the Office of Professional Standards would be reviewing the incident, per standard protocol.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Criminal Investigation Division is leading the investigation into the in-custody death.

KPD says no officers have been placed on leave at this time.

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A man is facing several charges after leading Knoxville Police Department officers on a chase down Chapman Highway Sunday afternoon.

KPD officials say officers responded to a suspicious vehicle off Chapman Highway around 5:00 p.m. Sunday to find 39-year-old Jerad Morrell and 35-year-old Stephanie Epperson who reportedly told the officers there was a gun in their van but that they did not know where it was.

Officers asked them to step out of the van; however, Morrell refused to comply and drove away from the scene, reportedly striking an officer in the process.

Morrell lead police on a chase south on Chapman Highway before crashing into another car and eventually being caught by officers while fleeing on foot.

The driver of the vehicle that was hit was taken to UT Medical Center to receive treatment for non-life-threatening injuries, according to KPD. A KPD officer was also treated for injuries sustained during the foot pursuit.

Police say Morrell had a loaded handgun, suspected crack cocaine and 18 computers and phones in his car; he is charged with multiple felonies, including felony evading arrest.

Epperson was charged with schedule II drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia.