The Knox County Sheriff’s Office received a call for possible human remains just after 5 pm on December 25, 2021, in East Knox County off of Andrew Johnson Highway. KCSO’s Major Crimes Detectives, Forensic personnel, and the Knox County Medical Examiners office processed the scene and confirmed the remains to be human. However, it is …
On December 21, 2021, at approximately 05:19 am the Knoxville Police Department received notification of a male suffering from at least one gunshot wound arrived at The University of Tennessee Medical Centers Emergency Department. It was discovered a short time later the shooting had occurred outside the city limits at a trailer park in Halls. …
-WEST KNOX BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT SOUGHT- The Knox County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation are on the scene of a bank robbery that occurred just before 1 pm on Friday, December 17, 2021, at First Citizens Bank on 100 South Campbell Station Road. The suspect has a slim …
UPDATE- 2 December 4, 2021 | 11:45 am Knox County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Detectives have made two arrests in the homicide of David Howard that occurred at 5904 Jones Road that occurred on December 1, 2021. Jessica Leann Hamlet, 35, First Degree Murder in Perpetration/Attempt a Crime. Joseph Adam Sparks, 47, First Degree Murder …
UPDATE: December 2, 2021 The victim has been identified as David Richard Howard, 28 of Corryton. The homicide investigation remains open and active. Jacklyn Rachelle Steele, 30 of Knoxville, was arrested on charges unrelated to the homicide. -Sale / Delivery Schedule I – Heroin -Sale / Delivery Schedule II – Fentanyl -Sale / Delivery Schedule …
On July 20, 1985 the burned body of Betty Joyce Brown,aka Simmons, was found in the woods at 3805 Maloney Road in South Knox County. The 29 year old Austin-East graduate had been stabbed before being burned. Ms. Brown was last seen on July 14, 1985 between midnight and 1:00am in front of the Bread Box at Magnolia Ave and Spruce Street. It is believed that Ms. Brown was offered and accepted a ride from an unknown subject. Ms. Brown’s last know address was 2737 Tarleton Ave. Initial investigation indicated that when Ms. Brown’s body was found, she had been dead approximately 1 week. Family members described Ms. Brown as being a “very sweet and loving mother.”
If you have any information please call the Knox County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit at (865)-215-3520/3590 or e-mail coldcase@knoxsheriff.org.