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]

Depending on the circumstances, he might not have been lying, the vicelord gang are one of the ruthless. Or he could’ve been at Trousdale prison at that time it is the roughest prison operating in Tennessee. From the time it was built, and they initially started sending inmates there it was a catastrophe I was at Whiteville at the time inside myself, one of the first guys I spent time with inside got beat into a coma at Trousdale. A correctional captain had her head shoved through the concrete by members of gangs, and they rule the prison when the cell doors are unlocked.

 

[layer]

Just catching up, this is the thing that got my curiosity peaked:

A relative of four people found dead in Tennessee this week described her family as heartbroken and confused, saying Thursday on Facebook that the suspect has “literally been nothing short of amazing to us and our kids.”

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What was going on there?

 

[Beldridge]

Just catching up, this is the thing that got my curiosity peaked:

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What was going on there?

That’s Courtney sister I would assume. She had photos with a child..

 

[Beldridge]

From my understanding she was/is married or in a relationship with the suspect at one point, which began at Northwest correctional facility, where she was terminated for the relationship sometime back

 

[Shade13]

I'm still a lil confused. So he is accused of going after his gf/wife's sister and their kids right? So where is she and her kid? This is the same woman that was the prison guard? I'm a bit perplexed why they were targeted, it seems like any anger would have been on his partner.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

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

dbm

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

I'm still a lil confused. So he is accused of going after his gf/wife's sister and their kids right? So where is she and her kid? This is the same woman that was the prison guard? I'm a bit perplexed why they were targeted, it seems like any anger would have been on his partner.

I may have got it wrong... it's confusing... but I think the former female prison officer who he had a relationship with is not the woman he's been in a relationship with most recently.

The woman who he's been in the relationship with recently is the seemingly close relative of the deceased victims - being her sister (the 38 yr old woman shot dead), her niece (the 20 yr old mother of baby), nephew (son & brother of victims) and the father of the baby. JMO MOO

Are there any reports about where is this surviving sister now?

 

[Shade13]

I may have got it wrong... it's confusing... but I think the former female prison officer who he had a relationship with is not the woman he's been in a relationship with most recently.

The woman who he's been in the relationship with recently is the seemingly close relative of the deceased victims - being her sister (the 38 yr old woman shot dead), her niece (the 20 yr old mother of baby), nephew (son & brother of victims) and the father of the baby. JMO MOO

Are there any reports about where is this surviving sister now?

That's what I'm wondering, because that woman's ex and father of their child said it was driving him crazy not knowing if his kid ok. which makes it sound like they are missing, but police haven't said that?

 

[Tricia]

This is scary. 26th District Attorney General Jody Pickens warned the parole board that Drummond should not be let out because he was such a danger. He went to prison in 2014 for armed robbery of a gas station.

‘Not capable of living among society’: 2020 letter from DA warned parole board of potential danger in release of quadruple murder suspect

Austin Drummond had been in prison for an armed robbery at the time this letter was sent by the DA.

www.wsmv.com

"In his letter to the parole board, DA Pickens said Drummond threatened the jurors and the victim in the robbery in a phone call to his father. Drummonds reportedly said, “They are going to regret it,” and “I’ll be out one day.”

 

[OldAce]

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

The lighter layer of criminals up there prolly realized the heat coming down on this and quietly cupped the ear of some LE so this wave could be slowed. LE had the connections and the various points, but had / has to put it in a progression to get AD and others involved for sure. How better than store one in jail on a simple violation than have to hunt him up later.

 

[Greenestdays]

From my understanding the suspect at large was in a relationship with woman A while he was in jail and woman A was a corrections officer in said jail. Woman A has a daughter with male B. The relationship between the suspect and woman A continued after the suspect was released in September 2024. There is no confirmation at this point where woman A and her daughter currently are.

Woman A is the sister of murdered woman C (the grandmother of the abandoned baby), murdered woman D (mother of baby) was her niece, murdered teenage male E her nephew.

 

[TennesseeGal]

In the last paragraph of this article, TDOC confirms the relationship between Cortney’s sister, a former prison employee, and Drummond. At this point, no one has said, to my knowledge, where she is.

District Attorney: Mass murder suspect is Vice Lord gang member

 

[Greenestdays]

This is scary. 26th District Attorney General Jody Pickens warned the parole board that Drummond should not be let out because he was such a danger. He went to prison in 2014 for armed robbery of a gas station.

‘Not capable of living among society’: 2020 letter from DA warned parole board of potential danger in release of quadruple murder suspect

Austin Drummond had been in prison for an armed robbery at the time this letter was sent by the DA.

www.wsmv.com

"In his letter to the parole board, DA Pickens said Drummond threatened the jurors and the victim in the robbery in a phone call to his father. Drummonds reportedly said, “They are going to regret it,” and “I’ll be out one day.”

I hope LE is keeping a close eye on his parents. I wouldn’t celebrate someone like him getting out with decorated cake but some people do…

 

[StarryStarryNight]

OK, Drummond is super dangerous, a violent gang member, and letting him out of prison was a big mistake.
He is connected to the victims through a woman relative he met and took up with in prison. She had worked there.
I got that.
What I don’t get is why he killed these people. What had they done to deserve this? Or what did he think they had done for him to do this?
This guy needs to be caught fast.

 

[Bounceycat]

What I don’t get is why he killed these people. What had they done to deserve this? Or what did he think they had done for him to do this?

I know the mother of Courtney Rose and KB (Drummond's girlfriend) passed away a few months ago. I keep thinking maybe it had to do something with an inheritance dispute and he thought he'd take care of that problem for his girlfriend. JMO

 

[Dreamcherry]

I'm not law enforcement, but I don't actually think the sentence was that severe, considering everything he did.

From CourtTV:

"Drummond was tried as an adult for the July 2013 robbery in Jackson, Tennessee. During the incident, he pointed a pistol at the gas station store worker and ordered the cash register to be opened, taking the $44 inside, court records show.

During a 2020 hearing in which he was denied parole, Drummond said he was on Xanax the night of the robbery and doesn’t remember robbing the gas station. He said the gun was a BB gun.

After the jury convicted him of one count of aggravated robbery in August 2014, he made threats to go after jurors, Drummond said during the parole hearing. He pleaded guilty in February 2015 to 13 counts of retaliation for past action.

The district attorney that covers Madison County, Jody Pickens, urged against early release for Drummond, writing a letter in 2020 that called him “a dangerous felony offender and a confirmed member of the Vice Lords,” a street gang.

Pickens wrote that Drummond made threats against jurors and the victim in the robbery during a phone call with his father.

Drummond was given a combined 13-year sentence. His sentence ended in September 2024, according to the parole board meeting and Tennessee Department of Corrections records."

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I'm not usually one for harsh sentences, but given that he threatened the jurors in his robbery trial, I think 13 years was a very reasonable combined sentence for all of those felonies.

Also, MOO, this guy doesn't sound particularly intelligent. (I imagine the sentence for threatening jurors and witnesses was longer than the sentence for stealing $44 with a BB gun would have been.) I can't imagine he pulled this off alone. Just my opinion.

IMO, if you threaten your victims, should be an automatic life sentence. Same with jurors. Maybe that seems overly harsh, but we can't be having shenanigans like this in civilized society. Also, why in God's name was he ever let out with so many pending charges, and he was a known gang member?! Does that sound like rehabilitation to anyone?

Very much side-eyeing Drummond's parents and their cake with all the missed birthdays on it. That's just straight up trashy and I will die on that hill.

 

[never]

From my understanding she was/is married or in a relationship with the suspect at one point, which began at Northwest correctional facility, where she was terminated for the relationship sometime back

I posted this info a couple of days ago but seems the post was deleted?? new to this site but local to the area

 

[CityKid]

OK, Drummond is super dangerous, a violent gang member, and letting him out of prison was a big mistake.
He is connected to the victims through a woman relative he met and took up with in prison. She had worked there.
I got that.
What I don’t get is why he killed these people. What had they done to deserve this? Or what did he think they had done for him to do this?
This guy needs to be caught fast.

MOO but gangs, prisons and drugs are often connected. I wouldn't be surprised if this was ordered from within the prison.

 

[KooshBall]

I'm not understanding why the parole board would think that someone who was involved with drugs, gangs, and weapons while in prison was going to behave out in the real world.

 

[appleatcha]

I posted this info a couple of days ago but seems the post was deleted?? new to this site but local to the area

Welcome to WebSleuths! Your post would have been deleted because you didn't include a link to an approved source (mainstream media articles or statements from law enforcement). This post below includes a link to a mainstream media source that confirms the information, but it wasn't confirmed in the media until recently.

In the last paragraph of this article, TDOC confirms the relationship between Cortney’s sister, a former prison employee, and Drummond. At this point, no one has said, to my knowledge, where she is.

District Attorney: Mass murder suspect is Vice Lord gang member