State prosecutor Mike Taylor comments on the decision of guilt from Michelle Martin Wednesday outside the Bledsoe County Courthouse.Authorities have named no suspects almost 12 weeks since the double slaying of a Pikeville, Tenn., couple who were found dead at their home in South Bledsoe County on July 5.
But now the cause of death is known as the investigation continues.
Autopsy results show that Robbin Juanita Martin, 49, and James Henry Songer, 41, were shot to death, according to the the Davidson County Medical Examiner's Office in Nashville.
Martin received multiple gunshot wounds, while Songer was shot once in the chest, officials said. The manner of their deaths was ruled homicide.
Twelfth Judicial District Attorney General Mike Taylor said there are a couple of people of interest, but they have not been named suspects yet.
Local authorities and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents have been interviewing people in Bledsoe, Sequatchie and Grundy counties, Taylor said Thursday. "They're continuing work on the case, and we're waiting on more laboratory reports."
TBI spokeswoman Susan Niland said she couldn't speak to specific details of the case while it is still open and active.
"We are providing information on the investigation to the [district attorney's] office as the case progresses," Niland said Thursday.
Songer and Martin were found after a motorist driving past their home on Brock Hollow Road spotted a man lying in the yard. That man turned out to be Songer; Martin was found dead inside the home.
The couple was last seen alive at a July Fourth celebration in Dunlap, Tenn., in neighboring Sequatchie County, according to authorities. Their bodies were found around 6 p.m. CDT the next day.
The couple's home is five or six miles from the Bledsoe-Sequatchie county line near the eastern edge of the Cumberland Plateau. The area has a few homes scattered across a patchwork of pastures and woods.
Niland said anyone with information about the case should call 1-800-TBI-FIND or 1-800-824-3463.
Contact staff writer Ben Benton at bbenton@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6569.