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

[Chimera]

Would like to hope Tanaka is singing like the proverbial canary.... not really expecting that, though.
Imo.

The Jackson Post​

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Update from TBI
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[Chimera]

IF the baby was dropped off and witnesses saw two vehicles, wonder if Tanaka was driving one of them ?
Imo.

 

[SouthernSummer]

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

someone is going to have to make a chart graphic to explain these connections

 

[Bekind89]

someone is going to have to make a chart graphic to explain these connections

Yes, I admit that I am lost.

 

[OldAce]

IF the baby was dropped off and witnesses saw two vehicles, wonder if Tanaka was driving one of them ?
Imo.

That answers my question of two vehicles having to be the victims. Was not expecting him to have an accomplice on leaving the area. To me, Justice deserves a double gallows... Same time, same day.

 

[SouthernSummer]

As as a question and for my understanding.

Is it agreed that AD could have returned the baby from the murder scene to where it was left?

I recall some remarks of it being left by either a white SUV or a dark/black van (or v/versa coloring) .
AD was assumed to be driving an Audi some light color. (From pics in Jackson)
My puzzlement is; from the two car-two colors that match the parents (assumed) vehicles and recovered by the tow trucks.

Either they were enroute to the meeting and death, but dropped the baby off, or AD murdered them, then took the baby and carried it back to the place found.

The possible two car/colors fit the parents dropping off, but premonitions and continuing onward?
AD returning and dropping off the baby allows only one car, and he doing good, and why/how the drop location if he is fleeing the area?
Any adjustment/realignment or just me being wrong, feel free.

match the parents? AD's parents or the murdered parents? I'm trying to catch up and just saw the pic of his parents picking him up from jail. If they have matching 2 toned vehicles....wow they seem like winners

 

[SouthernSummer]

Yes, I admit that I am lost.

you and me both! I'll make the graphic myself if I can ever figure it out

 

[SouthernSummer]

That answers my question of two vehicles having to be the victims. Was not expecting him to have an accomplice on leaving the area. To me, Justice deserves a double gallows... Same time, same day.

ok I'm behind and trying to catch up.Who is Tanaka? edit nvmind I just read he was arrested as accomplice

 

[cujenn81]

Here’s an outline of the info I’ve been able to ascertain:

BABY - witnesses reported seeing a dark colored minivan or white SUV leave a child in a car seat on a front lawn in Tigrett, TN

VICTIMS (in relation to the abandoned baby) - found deceased in a wooded area of Tiptonville, TN along Carrington Rd

Matthew Wilson - father, 21
Adrianna Williams - mother, 20
Cortney Rose - maternal grandmother, 38
Braydon Williams - uncle and Adrianna’s younger brother, 15

SUSPECT
Austin Robert Drummond, 28 — AT LARGE
Tanaka Brown, 29 — APPREHENDED ; Accessory after the Fact of First Degree Murder
Giovonte Thomas, 29 — APPREHENDED ; Accessory after the Fact of First Degree Murder

KS - sister of Cortney Rose (baby’s grandmother), the baby’s great aunt, and former or current girlfriend/wife of suspect
KB - father of KS’s daughter

VEHICLES
1988 Ford truck (white with red stripe) - LOCATED near Burnt Mill Rd in Dyer County, TN
2016 Audi A3 (white) - LOCATED in the woods at the dead end of MCO Road in Jackson, TN
White SUV - LOCATED with victim bodies
Black Charger - LOCATED with victim bodies

ETA: 2nd accessory arrestee

 

[TennesseeGal]

Add another arrest for accessory after the fact - a second one

Jackson Man Charged with Accessory After the Fact to 1st Degree Murder

 

[Knox]

Yes, I admit that I am lost.

A flow chart would be nice, lol. I came into this case late and am finding it near impossible to follow.

 

[OldAce]

match the parents? AD's parents or the murdered parents? I'm trying to catch up and just saw the pic of his parents picking him up from jail. If they have matching 2 toned vehicles....wow they seem like winners

Murdered parents.

 

[Seni]

Add another arrest for accessory after the fact - a second one

Jackson Man Charged with Accessory After the Fact to 1st Degree Murder

But already in jail if I am reading correctly

 

[TennesseeGal]

But already in jail if I am reading correctly

Correct but not clear when he was picked up on the failure to appear charge.

 

[JoeFromLB]

The two idiots who helped Drummond should get 40 years and Drummond the death penalty, if they ever catch him...and that's not a foregone conclusion.

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

What could have possibly been his motive for this? I'm baffled why he'd want to take a whole family out?

 

[Sjöberg]

Yes, I admit that I am lost.

Oh, it's not just me then!

'I've been terrified': Manhunt ensues after police find homicide suspect's abandoned vehicle - WBBJ TV

The search for one of Tennessee's most wanted fugitives continues, leaving residents feeling on edge.

www.wbbjtv.com

I mean "Kade Butler, father to the daughter of Kaitlyn Speed–who officials say was in a relationship with Drummond at one point, though it is unclear if they are still involved with one another."
...
This is a horrible sentence WHO was in a relationshio with Drummond, lol... I read it at Kade Butler was in a relationship with Drummond first, then as the daughter of Kaitlyn Speed being in a relationship with Drummond.... I must admit, I've seen better attempts at a sentence than that one!

Update from TBI

It is very sad how young everyone involved is. Everyone born in the 1990s or later are still uni students in my head (and frankly quite some still are as well!).

 

[MathildaM]

Some information about the area for anyone interested. It does have a high crime rate, it is safer than 1% of US cities. The area where the baby was left appears to be one of the safest (I think, I’m not local), so that’s something at least.

Dyersburg Crime Rates and Statistics - NeighborhoodScout

Most accurate 2021 crime rates for Dyersburg, TN. Your chance of being a victim of violent crime in Dyersburg is 1 in 81 and property crime is 1 in 20. Compare Dyersburg crime data to other cities, states, and neighborhoods in the U.S. on NeighborhoodScout.

www.neighborhoodscout.com

 

[MathildaM]

Unsure if this has been posted, Austin Drummond confirmed to be a member of the Vice Lords gang by the DA in an opposition letter to his parole in 2020.

 

[Izzylizzy]

Add another arrest for accessory after the fact - a second one

Jackson Man Charged with Accessory After the Fact to 1st Degree Murder

Mug shot of Thomas

TBI charges 2nd Jackson man with accessory after the fact to 1st degree murder - WBBJ TV

Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested a Jackson man Saturday 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).

www.wbbjtv.com