Suspect captured in case of family’s quadruple homicide, baby abandoned in front yard

JACKSON, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) – The suspect accused of murdering four family members in Northwest Tennessee on July 29 has been captured after a dayslong manhunt, Jackson Police Department confirms.

Austin Drummond, 28, was wanted on four counts of first-degree murder, one count of aggravated kidnapping, four counts of possessing a firearm as a felon, and one count of possessing a firearm during a dangerous felony in connection with a quadruple homicide near Reelfoot Lake in Lake County.

Drummond’s capture comes after he was sighted on surveillance video in Jackson, Tennessee, after dark on Sunday. Two days prior, his getaway vehicle was found empty in a wooded area, also in Jackson.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has charged two men and one woman in Jackson for allegedly helping Drummond after the murders: Derrah Sanders, 23, Tanaka Brown, 29, and Giovonti Thomas, 29.

All three are being charged with alleged accessory after the fact of first-degree murder. Brown is also charged with one count of tampering with evidence.

The four victims were found dead Tuesday night, July 29, on Carrington Road in Tiptonville, approximately 40 miles away from where a 7-month-old girl was abandoned in a Dyer County yard earlier in the day.

The Dyer County District Attorney’s Office identified the victims as the baby’s father, 21-year-old Matthew Wilson; mother, 20-year-old Adrianna Williams; maternal grandmother, 38-year-old Cortney Rose; and maternal uncle, 15-year-old Braydon Williams.

A previous family obituary lists Drummond as Rose’s brother-in-law.

The circumstances regarding the family members’ deaths remain unknown.

The manhunt for Drummond expanded across the state. Several law enforcement agencies came together to offer a combined reward of up to $37,000 for information leading to his whereabouts.

A GoFundMe is active to help the family pay for the funerals and legal expenses.