The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has arrested a third person in the hunt for quadruple murder suspect Austin Drummond.
Dearrah Sanders, 23, has been charged with accessory after the fact to first degree murder, TBI announced on Monday. Her arrest follows the arrests of Tanaka Brown, 29, and Giovontie Thomas, 29. Brown and Thomas were charged with the same charge as Sanders, while Thomas also faces tampering with evidence charge.
Drummond, 28, is wanted for murder, kidnapping, and other charges related to the deaths of 15-year-old Braydon Williams, 21-year-old James Matthew Wilson, 20-year-old Adrianna Williams, and 38-year-old Cortney Rose. Their bodies were found last Tuesday on Carrington Road in Tiptonville, just hours after the 7-month-old daughter of Wilson and Adrianna Williams was a found in a car seat in a stranger’s front yard in neighboring Dyer County.
All the victims were related to the baby. Rose was the mother of Braydon and Adrianna Williams.
Drummond remains at large, and investigators say he should be considered “armed and dangerous.” In addition to four counts of first degree murder and one count of aggravated kidnapping, he also faces four counts of felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony.
Anyone with information concerning his whereabouts is asked to call 731-415-7962, 731-333-0811, or 1-800-TBI-FIND.
Menawhile, a reward for information leading to Drummond’s arrest and conviction has risen to $30,000 after Tennessee Governor Bill Lee added $10,000 to an existing $20,000 in reward money, TBI said.
