TBI reports Frederick Yates Jr. of Humboldt Indicted in Gibson County Double Homicide
October 26, 2021
Milan, TN – A joint investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Gibson County Sheriff’s Office has resulted in the indictment of a man on charges connected to a double homicide.
At the request of 28th District Attorney General Frederick Agee, on August 23rd, TBI special agents joined investigators with the Gibson County Sheriff’s Office in investigating a double homicide at a home in the 100 block of Wilbur Nelson Road in Milan.
Marcus Smith (DOB: 5/16/00), of Humboldt, and Diamond Love (DOB: 3/28/01), who lived at the residence, were found deceased inside the home.
Frederick Yates Jr. charged with two counts of First Degree Murder.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reports Big Sandy Man Indicted in Son’s Murder, Charged with Attempted Murder of TBI Agents
October 20, 2021
Big Sandy, TN – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) reports a Benton County couple has been indicted and arrested in connection with the 2020 death of the man’s son and face new charges stemming from their arrest today, including the attempted murder of two TBI special agents.
On November 15th, 2020, at the request of 24th District Attorney General Matt Stowe, TBI special agents began investigating a homicide that occurred earlier that same day at a home in the 100 block of New Hope Road.
Jay Edward Grinnell and Kathleen Ann Grinnell
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation charge Douglas Talley in 2001 Paris Murder Case
November 6, 2019
Paris, TN – Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) Special Agents have obtained indictments in connection to an 18-year-old homicide case.
On June 8th, 2001, the Paris Police Department responded to a home at 322 Rison Street in Paris, where investigators found Etta Etheridge (DOB: 4/6/29) inside unresponsive. Her death was ruled a homicide.
At the request of 24th District Attorney General, over the years that followed, TBI Agents and investigators from the Paris Police Department conducted an extensive joint investigation.
Douglas Talley
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation offers Reward in 2001 Paris Homicide
August 12, 2019
Paris, TN – Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) Special Agents along with investigators with the Paris Police Department are seeking information in a Paris cold case homicide.
On June 8th, 2001, the Paris Police Department responded to a home at 322 Rison Street in Paris, where investigators found Etta Etheridge (DOB: April 6th, 1929) inside unresponsive. Her death was ruled a homicide.
Etta Etheridge
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking for Extremely Dangerous escapee Curtis Watson
August 7, 2019
Henning, TN – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) has issued a statewide Blue Alert for Curtis Ray Watson.
Watson is listed as a person of interest in the homicide of a Tennessee Department of Correction employee on Wednesday, August 7th, 2019, and is an escapee from the West Tennessee State Penitentiary in Henning, Tennessee.
Watson should be considered extremely dangerous.
Anyone with any information regarding his whereabouts should immediately contact the TBI at 1.800.TBI-FIND.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued a Blue Alert for Curtis Ray Watson.
TBI casework yields Indictment, Murder Charge in Hardin County Investigation
July 25, 2016
Jackson, TN – Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have obtained an indictment for a Selmer man accused in connection to the homicide of a Shiloh man earlier this year.
At the request of 24th District Attorney General Matthew Stowe, TBI Agents began investigating the death of Sidney Layne Burks on May 5th, a day after authorities from the Hardin County Sheriff’s Department found the body of the 55-year-old in his Pratt Lane home.
