A man convicted of murder who disappeared during his trial has now appeared on Tennessee’s Most Wanted list.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest of Deangelo Dews, 31, who was last seen in court Nov. 6 before failing to return from a lunch break.
A Hamilton County jury convicted Dews on Monday, three days after his disappearance, of first-degree murder and a firearm charge in the April 2024 fatal shooting of Kendric Evans, 27, at the Bayberry Apartments in Chattanooga.
On Nov. 6, Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Amanda Dunn said Dews was no longer wearing his ankle monitor, which had registered a tampering alert at 12:46 p.m.
Ten minutes later, Hamilton County Pretrial Services informed Dunn the monitor was stationary at his residence, she said.