Who Is Austin Drummond? Records Show Vice Lords Tie
TENNESSEE, AUG 1 – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation offers a $15,000 reward for information to apprehend Drummond, wanted for murdering four relatives and kidnapping a baby in a case involving family ties.
- On Saturday, August 02, 2025, Senior Reporter Leonardo Blair said Austin Robert Drummond, 28, is suspected of murdering four people and kidnapping a baby in Lake County, Tennessee.
- The investigation began after a call around 3:11 p.m. Tuesday about an incident on Old Highway 20 near the Tigrett area, authorities said.
- Authorities said he remains at large and `considered armed and dangerous`, with a $15,000 reward from the TBI and U.S. Marshals Service.
- With the manhunt intensifying, the TBI has issued a warrant and added him to its `Most Wanted` list, urging tips to 731-415-7962, 731-333-0811 or 1-800-TBI-FIND.
- Records indicate his early conviction; he was tried as an adult at 17 for armed robbery in Jackson, Tennessee, and released from the Northwest Correctional Complex last September.
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Man Arrested in Connection to Murders of 4 People
MADISON COUNTY – Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested a Jackson man Friday and charged him with Accessory After the Fact to 1st Degree Murder in connection to the ongoing search for Austin Drummond (DOB 8/31/1996).
Man arrested, charged as accessory in TN quadruple murder
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A Jackson man has been arrested as an accessory after the fact in connection to a quadruple murder in Lake County, Tennessee. Tanaka Brown, 29, an associate of suspect Austin Drummond, is charged with Accessory After the Fact to 1st Degree Murder, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced Saturday. Brown was booked into the Lake County Jail, where he remains without bond. The Lake County Sheriff's office did not release a…
Who is Austin Drummond? Records show Vice Lords tie
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP/WREG) -- The manhunt continues Saturday for Austin Robert Drummond, 28, a suspect in the deaths of four members of a Dyer County family whose bodies were found in Lake County. However, records show he had a lengthy criminal history, was allegedly a member of the Vice Lords street gang, and was out on bond at the time of the killings, the local district attorney said. According to court records, Drummond had spent years in pris…
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