Thu, Jun 13, 2019
Grayson Fritts said he didn't wake up this morning wanting people to hate him, and he believes he is preaching what the bible says. But people in the LGBTQ community don't feel the same way. The pastor says he is not calling on attendees of his church to be violent, but the government should execute members of the LGBTQ community.
Thu, Oct 28, 2021
Everybody dies. When it's our time to go, some of us will be embalmed, buried, some cremated. But there's a place at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville where bodies still tell stories long after their death. It's called the Forensic Anthropology Center, better known by its nickname: The Body Farm.
Thu, Aug 31, 2023
Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee's death row, was convicted in 1996. She and two other people tortured and killed 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. The state of Tennessee still plans to execute Christa Pike but it will afford her more time with other incarcerated women after 27 years of what her attorneys describe as de facto solitary confinement.
Thu, Mar 21, 2024
A newly filed indictment shows Kyle William Spitze is facing child sex crime and animal abuse charges. A newly filed indictment shows Kyle William Spitze is facing child sex crime and animal abuse charges. In 2023 frightening footage circulating online shows a deranged man shooting and injuring his partner's son from point-blank range amid a heated argument - ending with the shooter taking his own life after a lengthy standoff with police. Jeffrey Scott West, 68, of Friendsville, Tennessee, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he fired a gun at Kyle W. Spitze, 24, hitting him once in the ear, following an argument between the two. It is believes that Kyle Spitze was in contact with Bradley Cadenhead and the 764 group.
Wed, Aug 14, 2024
Sean Shannon Finnegan, 56, Oak Ridge, Tenn., was found guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated rape, aggravated kidnapping, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence in the death of Jennifer Paxton, 36. Finnegan is also separately accused of sexual abuse of a child 3 years old or younger, which allegedly occurred in May 2020.