The search continues for a missing Tennessee woman who vanished late last month and may be experiencing a medical episode. Valerie Elder Smiley, 41, was reportedly last seen leaving her Chattanooga home on June 28. Smiley’s cousin revealed to WRCB that she has a medical issue that leads to memory loss — meaning she may …
A Tennessee man faces a long recovery after he was shot in the head while protecting his sister from an attack by her ex-boyfriend. A small child witnessed the shooting and told police what happened, according to WTVC. An affidavit says that the incident took place early Sunday morning, beginning when David J. Smith arrived …
A north Georgia mom went viral with a TikTok video railing at American Airlines for allegedly “losing” her 12-year-old daughter when she made an unaccompanied trip from Chattanooga to Miami for a visit with her father. Monica Gilliam told Fox News Digital that everything went according to plan on the Chattanooga end of the trip, …
A shooting on the streets of Chattanooga early Sunday left three people dead, including one who was hit by a vehicle that was fleeing the scene. Chattanooga Police Chief Celeste Murphy said there were 14 shooting victims in all and three hit by vehicles. Police dispatch records show two 911 calls at about the same …
A volunteer reserve police officer in southeastern Tennessee has been been charged with solicitation to murder after the potential target of the “hit” read text messages on his phone when he allegedly passed out drunk. Jerry McDonald, 49, also served as EMS special operations manager for Life Force, a medical helicopter company operating in southeastern …
A 37-year-old Tennessee man was arrested Saturday after driving his mother’s body, rolled in a tarp in the back of his truck, from Chattanooga to Nashville, a 130-mile trip. Thomas Henshall Jr has been charged with failure to report the discovery of a dead body and evidence tampering after touching and concealing the victim’s body, …
Remains found in north Georgia nearly 40 years ago have been identified and linked to Samuel Little, described by the FBI as “the most prolific serial killer in US history.” The 30-year-old woman found in Dade County on September 28, 1981, was Patricia Parker, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced. Little, 80, is a suspect …
A Tennessee man watched in horror as he saw his son strangling his wife on home security footage on Wednesday, the Chattanooga Times-Free Press reported Friday. The man called Chattanooga Police, who responded to the home in the northeastern part of the city and found Garrett Behlau, 19, on the floor of his bedroom, court …
A former Tennessee police officer was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Wednesday after admitted sexually assaulting four women while on duty and in uniform, sometimes in his patrol car, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Desmond Logan, 35, pleaded guilty last September to two civil rights offenses …
A Tennessee sheriff’s deputy has been indicted on 44 criminal counts — including rape, sexual battery, extortion, and stalking — “pertaining to incidents he was involved in while on duty in an official capacity,” Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond said in a post on the sheriff’s office Facebook page. Deputy Daniel Wilkey has been on …
