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Cowan, Tenn., slaying suspects added to TBI Most Wanted

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photo Suspects at large: Coty Keith Holmes and David Gordon Jenkins.

HOW TO HELPAnyone with information on the whereabouts of David Gordon Jenkins, 46, of Manchester, Tenn., or Coty Keith Holmes, 25, of Hillsboro, Tenn., can call the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office at 931-962-0123 or the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-TBI-FIND.

Two of four men charged in a March 24 killing in Cowan, Tenn., are now listed among the TBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted and are the subject of a $1,000 reward for information.

David Gordon Jenkins, 46, of Manchester, Tenn., and 25-year-old Coty Keith Holmes, of Hillsboro, Tenn., are wanted by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation for one count of first-degree murder and one count of felony murder in the death of 26-year-old Cowan resident Corey Nathaniel Matthews, a news release states.

Two other men, Todd Eugene Dalton, 39, and 26-year-old John Corey Lanier, both of Manchester, were taken into custody earlier this week on the same charges and are held at the Franklin County jail without bond.

Franklin County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Chris Guess said Wednesday that there have been no leads on the two at-large suspects.