Bradley Crain is charged with homicide in the boating accident that killed JaMichael Russell and Jeremy Landers on the Tennessee River.A man charged in the boating death of his stepson and the son’s friend will go to trial Nov. 13 on homicide and drunken-boating charges.
Bradley Crain, 50, learned his trial date in a Wednesday hearing.
Crain, a Lupton City resident, was indicted in July 2010. His stepson Jeremy Landers, 23, and Landers’ friend, Jamichael Russell, 22, died May 5, 2009, in a boat crash. Their bodies were found floating face down near the Rivermont Park boat ramp several days after the crash.
A Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency report accused Crain of being under the influence of drugs and alcohol while aboard his 14-foot fishing boat. The report listed “improper anchoring” as the cause of the vessel’s capsizing in choppy waters, sending the men into the Tennessee River.
Crain swam to safety.