Robert Joe WhittenburgPIKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Authorities say two women were found dead inside their Tennessee home and that a man has been charged.
Bledsoe County Sheriff Jimmy Morris tells WRCB-TV that the women were found in a Pikeville home Thursday night. District Attorney General Michael Taylor requested a probe by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which identified the women as 46-year-old Deanna Lawrence and her daughter, 24-year-old Dedra Lawrence.
The women lived with their boyfriends, and Deanna Lawrence’s boyfriend was locked out when he arrived home. After no one answered the door, he broke a window to get inside. He found the women dead and Dedra Lawrence’s boyfriend, Joe Whittenburg, unconscious.
Whittenburg was taken to a hospital, but his condition is unclear. He faces two criminal homicide counts. It’s unclear if he has a lawyer.