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The Knox County Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender Registration Unit actively serves arrest warrants and monitors the approx. 800 registered sex offenders in Knox County to make certain they comply with the laws of the State of Tennessee. The Sex Offender Registration Unit also makes notifications to neighborhoods and communities when a high risk registered sex offender moves in. The various allied agencies, in conjunction with the department’s Sex Offender Registration Unit, continue to be active in “Compliance Sweeps” throughout the county, arresting violators of the sex registration laws.

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Technology has played an important role in helping the citizens protect themselves against sex offenders. The Megan’s Law Website is available online as a source of public information as well as the National Sex Offender Public Website provided by the Department Of Justice. These sites provide access to information on more than 22,800 persons required to register in Tennessee as sex offenders.

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Knox County Sheriff's Office

Knoxville, TN

Tom Spangler, Sheriff

1985 Homicide of Betty Joyce Brown

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.