PARIS, Tenn. – A Tennessee sheriff says a person who turned himself in at a police department in Marion County, Tenn., will be interviewed about the deaths of two people on Friday.
Henry County Sheriff Monte Belew told WPSD-TV in Paducah, Ky., that investigators were on their way to Jasper, Tenn., to talk with the person. Belew would not say if the man was a suspect sought in the slayings.
Jasper Police Chief Tim Graham said Sunday night the Marion County Sheriff’s Office was handling the case. Sheriff Ronnie “Bo” Burnett could not be reached for comment Sunday night.
Two people, 76-year-old Barbara Jean Walker and 80-year-old Guy Kenneth Walker, were found dead in their home in Buchanan, Tenn., just outside of Paris, Tenn., on Friday. Belew previously said he thought the suspect had left the area and possibly the state.
Belew told The Paris Post-Intelligencer that as far as he knew, the suspect had no more contact with Henry County residents after the shooting Friday morning. Two helicopters and several checkpoints didn’t turn up any evidence of the man during a manhunt just after the crime was discovered.
If the man is charged, Belew said, he’ll be extradited back to Henry County.