A Soddy-Daisy man was arrested and charged Friday in connection with a 2020 homicide, according to a news release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
Special agents from the TBI, working alongside the 12th Judicial District Attorney General’s Office, the Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Office, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, the Soddy-Daisy Police Department and the Dayton Police Department, arrested and charged Jimmy Higgins, 62, with one count of criminal homicide, the news release said.
On Aug. 10, 2020, at the request of then-12th Judicial District Attorney Mike Taylor, TBI agents began assisting the Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Office after the discovery of human skeletal remains in a wooded area off of CC Road, according to the news release.
In February 2022, forensic examination confirmed the remains to be those of 42-year-old Duane Keener. During the investigation, authorities developed information leading to Higgins as the person allegedly responsible for Keener’s death, the release said.
Higgins is in custody at the Bledsoe County Jail, according to the release.
Tennessee’s 12th Judicial Distict includes Franklin, Marion, Grundy, Bledsoe, Rhea and Sequatchie counties.
— Compiled by Jody Park