SUSPECT IN CUSTODY TN - 4 people found deceased, related to an infant abandoned in car seat in someone's yard (Dyer County, TN) 29 July 2025

[Beldridge]

He was identified to the relationship with the deceased sister, but the investigation has to start within and including TDOC facility.

 

[su5ie]

Emphasis mine.
Thanks for the link.

I'd read they were found in the woods and then at a home ?
This makes sense as to where the deceased were located.
The reporting is all over the place for this sad case.

Was hoping the suspect had been found by now !
Only my opinion.

Was the location of the vehicles beside the home they lived in

 

[Leilei]

I wonder how Austin was identified as the suspect in the murders . Even if it has been confirmed as seen dropping the baby . How do they know he wasn't just fleeing for his life too ?? Just a thought .

Do they have messages or cctv as proof

I think that somebody who was either involved or who AD told talked to law enforcement.
Certain people in this family have gone radio silent.
IMO.

 

[Beldridge]

The chilling discovery was made on July 29 - just hours after a seven-month-old baby girl was found abandoned on a random driveway in Tigrett, located around 80 miles from Memphis.

James “Matthew” Wilson's and Adrianna Williams' remains were found in Tiptonville- a town of around 3,500 people 40 miles from where the baby was dumped.

Braydon Williams, 15, and the body of the baby’s grandma, Cortney Rose, were also discovered in the area.

After Drummond was named, Danny Goodman, the District Attorney, appeared to uncover a link between the suspect and his alleged victims.

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Goodman said Drummond dated or is dating a relative of someone that was found dead.

This revelation came after a post from a Brier-Ashley Childress, an in-law of the victims', went viral claiming Drummond dated Rose’s sister, Kaitlyn.

"We are heartbroken. We are confused. We are devastated. We are mortified. We are hurting. Our kids are hurting,” she wrote online.

"We thought we knew him. Kaitlyn thought she knew him. Cortney, Adrianna, Braydon, and Matthew thought they knew him. We all trusted him

 

[Sunny Day]

I'm trying to understand the family relationships, but it is so convoluted. So, he is the boyfriend/husband of the sister of the grandmother who was killed? Was the sister also one of the victims?

 

[cckp72]

I'm trying to understand the family relationships, but it is so convoluted. So, he is the boyfriend/husband of the sister of the grandmother who was killed? Was the sister also one of the victims?

There has been no word yet on where the sister and her daughter are.

As mentioned up thread, sm is going nuts with rumours and outbursts.

 

[cujenn81]

just my opinions of course....
It is always so frustrating when we can not share the massive amount of speculation on the social media sites!! But of course, we cannot..... However, "people" do know these "people" better than the media does.
It is amazing, just how young ALL these victims are, including the sisters, Cortney(deceased), and Kaitlyn (location where???)

This New York Times article IS readable... though they have the 'coverup screen" the text is readable!!!

Police in Tennessee Seek Man They Say Killed 4 and Abandoned Baby

Austin Robert Drummond, 28, faces four counts of first-degree murder, one count of aggravated kidnapping and firearms charges.

www.nytimes.com

What is so clear in this NYT article...is that Tennessee is NOT sharing major details yet.

HOW were they killed?

HOW/ EXACTLY were the bodies found?

HOW do they know Austin is the suspect????

WHERE is the alleged partner/ex-partner--KS???

and WOW... the Tennessee Prison system is in the background here. They are going to get slammed. imo.

I subscribe to the NYT. Here’s a link to the gifted article. Police in Tennessee Seek Man They Say Killed 4 in Case Linked to Abandoned Baby

ETA it appears they’ve raised the reward to $15,000

 

[Beldridge]

Patient is a virtue in this case and I have been keeping up, there are many twist and directions we all can assume, but forensics are just as eager to know as we are and then we will get answers, from the looks of those vehicles, they are up-to-date enough to have the metadata to tell all.. I sure hope that anyone else doesn’t get hurt over this poor horrendous disaster until he is in custody, everyone needs to be vigilant in the area however I believe he would flee with the possible revenue made while incarcerated. IMO

 

[Beldridge]

I'm trying to understand the family relationships, but it is so convoluted. So, he is the boyfriend/husband of the sister of the grandmother who was killed? Was the sister also one of the victims?

From most recent news coverage, he is the husband of the deceased sister.

 

[katikaboom]

I'm trying to understand the family relationships, but it is so convoluted. So, he is the boyfriend/husband of the sister of the grandmother who was killed? Was the sister also one of the victims?

He is the common law brother in law of the grandmother that was murdered. He much younger baby sister dated or was dating him.

The woman dating him has taken down her current socials, and was mentioned as grieving as well by another family member of hers, so I think it is safe to assume she is not a hostage or missing.

 

[Bekind89]

He is the common law brother in law of the grandmother that was murdered. He much younger baby sister dated or was dating him.

The woman dating him has taken down her current socials, and was mentioned as grieving as well by another family member of hers, so I think it is safe to assume she is not a hostage or missing.

I apologize for being so confused, but was the woman he was dating employed by the prison he was in?

 

[Beldridge]

I can agree to that, but once this man realizes how much attention he now has he is going to become the most fearful, and that is when a perpetrator becomes the most fierce in some cases later down the line Afterwards they are complexes; then whoever the suspect is obviously has proven he does not want witnesses. The state of mind can change as the case changes, that is one thing that definitely needs to be taken into effect

 

[Beldridge]

I apologize for being so confused, but was the woman he was dating employed by the prison he was in?

Yes previously and they initiated a relationship from media coverage

 

[Bekind89]

Yes previously and they initiated a relationship from media coverage

Thank you for replying. One can't help but wonder if that is how he was getting contraband items, but we of course don't know that.

 

[Beldridge]

I apologize for being so confused, but was the woman he was dating employed by the prison he was in?

It all started. I’m afraid with the department of corrections or inside TDOC facility. The current news coverage put it together rather quickly as for the relationship he was a inmate when she was a correctional officer, and they engaged in activity which resulted in her termination, but I guess and assumed they later married but during the time and photos taken, it seems that there’s a possibility of drug smuggling operation being involved according to media as well.

 

[Bekind89]

It all started. I’m afraid with the department of corrections or inside TDOC facility. The current news coverage put it together rather quickly as for the relationship he was a inmate when she was a correctional officer, and they engaged in activity which resulted in her termination, but I guess and assumed they later married but during the time and photos taken, it seems that there’s a possibility of drug smuggling operation being involved according to media as well.

Thanks. Also a gun. In prison!
Horrifying.

 

[katikaboom]

I apologize for being so confused, but was the woman he was dating employed by the prison he was in?

I am not sure, it hasn't been confirmed by anyone working with the case or family members

 

[cujenn81]

I’m always confused by the common law marriage stuff. How long does a couple have to cohabitate as a “married couple” before the state accepts the couple is “common law married” or is common law married merely a term to refer to couples who live together?

 

[katikaboom]

I’m always confused by the common law marriage stuff. How long does a couple have to cohabitate as a “married couple” before the state accepts the couple is “common law married” or is common law married merely a term to refer to couples who live together?

Most states don't legally accept common law anymore, it's become more of a way to say people are commited to one another or have been in a very long term relationship. I have seen people that call each other common law wife or husband, byt have only been together for a short period of time, and that does seem to be more common in rural or poor communities.

MY SO and I have been together 20 years and call each other husband and wife, but aren't married and I've heard his family describe us as common law. I prefer to call him my hetero life-mate, but he doesn't seem thrilled by that, either.

 

[never]

just listing a couple of interesting notes

• spent a decade in Tennessee's Northwest Correctional, yet no prison tattoos
• by 2023 was living extremely well in prison, to the point of having access to drugs and a firearm, even food delivery
• in prison photos is shown to be drinking Ciroc liquor, a widely-known black-owned brand (in fact owned by Diddy) heavily marketed with rappers and associated lifestyle
• in prison is shown to dress in a distinct manner (baggy pants, flat billed hats, beanies, Timberland-style boots)
• white membership in predominantly black gangs is not unheard of, see David Dawley who moved from New Hampshire to Chicago & joined the Vice Lords
• murders occurred practically on prison grounds, quite literally on the same road (see below photo). Any prisoner/trustee there would be extremely familiar with that specific area, and the proximity is possibly meant to send a message inside the prison
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