Eliza Fletcher’s uncle, Mike Keeney, flanked by her father and mother Beasley and Adele Wellford on the left and her husband Ritchie Fletcher and brother Gil Wellford on the right, makes a statement on behalf of the family.
A driver crashed into a Tennessee home Saturday night, killing a sleeping toddler before fleeing the scene on foot. The Morristown Police Department said a white Scion tC accelerated backward into the home just after 10:30 p.m. The 18-month-old child was killed on impact, they said. Investigators say they would like to speak with Walter …
Memphis police have charged four people — three of them juveniles — in connection with the shooting death of a beloved pastor during a carjacking last week. Rev. Autura Eason-Williams, pastor of Capleville United Methodist Church, was shot and killed in her driveway on July 18, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Three teens — a 15-, …
A 15-year-old Tennessee boy has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a beloved United Methodist Church pastor during a carjacking in Memphis. Rev. Autura Eason-Williams was killed outside her home Monday afternoon. She was the pastor of Capleville United Methodist Church and the district superintendent of the Metro District in the …
A 19-year-old Tennessee volunteer firefighter has been arrested and charged with starting several fires in Waverly that damaged a number of buildings, including a Masonic Lodge and a church. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said that Leslie Winchester started his string of arsons with a fire in June, with four others taking place between July …
A 20-year-old Nashville man will be charged with first degree murder after his 5-week-old son died from critical injuries inflicted on the infant. Joshua R. Lane and the child’s mother took the boy to Centennial Medical Center on Sunday, when doctors stabilized him and transferred him to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, WKRN reported. Doctors there determined …
A blood test reportedly confirmed that a Tennessee woman who was charged with a DUI in September 2021 — leading to her temporarily losing custody of her son — was sober at the time of her arrest. WSMV reported that Williamson County nurse Katie Slayton had worked 41 hours in a three-day period at the …
A Tennessee man shot and killed a woman in Greeneville on Wednesday, then drove to another county, where he killed himself outside the Washington County Justice Center. Greeneville Police were called to Midway Plumbing and Construction just after 1 p.m. and found Melissa McMurray, 48, in the parking lot with gunshot wounds. She was taken …
A shooting on the streets of Chattanooga early Sunday left three people dead, including one who was hit by a vehicle that was fleeing the scene. Chattanooga Police Chief Celeste Murphy said there were 14 shooting victims in all and three hit by vehicles. Police dispatch records show two 911 calls at about the same …
A 1-year-old boy was reportedly found dead on Thursday in a hot car parked outside a Tennessee daycare. The toddler, who has not been publicly identified, died at a hospital after he was found unresponsive at Education is the Key Childcare in Memphis. Police said a daycare employee had picked up the child in her …
A Middle Tennessee daycare has been shut down and four people arrested after an investigation determined that caretakers were giving children melatonin to sleep without parents’ permision. Stewart County Sheriff Frankie Gray revealed the charges against MiMi’s Child Care employees on Thursday after parents lodged a complaint on March 25 that their children were lethargic …
An East Tennessee mountain getaway was the scene of fatal shooting Saturday as a South Carolina man shot the woman he was staying with at the cabin. Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals said that deputies responded to a 911 call from a rental cabin on Caney Creek Road at about 1 p.m. The caller said …
