Montana Manhunt Ongoing for Ex-Soldier Accused in Quadruple Homicide | Crime Alert 6AM 08.05.25

Authorities in western Montana are continuing their manhunt for a former U.S. Army soldier suspected in a deadly mass shooting at a small-town bar.

Authorities in Tennessee are intensifying the search for 28-year-old Austin Robert Drummond, the man accused of killing four members of the same family before abandoning an infant in a remote area.

A Maryland mother, once declared mentally unfit to stand trial, is now facing murder charges in the 2014 disappearance of her two young children. 

In Milwaukee, a man convicted of murdering and dismembering a college student he met on a first date has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime alert. I'm John Lemley. Authorities in western Montana are
continuing their manhunt for a former US Army soldiers suspected
in a deadly massed shooting at a small town bar.
Forty five year old Michael Paul Brown, who served in
a rock and later with the Montana National Guard, remains
at large following Friday shooting at the Owl Bar in Anaconda,

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a town of just nine thousand residents nestled in the
Deer Lodge Valley about seventy five miles southeast of Missoula.
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen says Brown is believed to
have used a personal rifle in the attack that left
four people dead. All were local residents. The victims include

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sixty four year old bartender Nancy Loretta Kelly and Patron's,
fifty nine year old Daniel Edwin Bailey, seventy year old
David Allen Leech, and seventy four year old Tony Wayne Palm.
Brown reportedly lived next door to the bar and was
considered a regular there. Officials say he fled the scene barefoot,

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then may have stolen a second vehicle stocked with clothing
and camping gear. He has not been seen since Friday afternoon.
Residents remain on edge. The state has closed off nearby
forest lands while the search continues, and weekend events in
town were canceled. Neighbor Robert Wyatt, who lived in the

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same public housing complex as victim David Leech, called the
tragedy unnerving, describing Leech as a quiet but helpful neighbor
who was deaf and mostly kept to himself. Another longtime resident,
David Jabbarik, narrowly missed being inside the bar at the
time of the shooting. He says he changed plans at

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the last minute, and when he returned, police were already
surrounding the building. Attorney General Knudson urged vigilance, warning Brown
may be unstable and potentially armed. A reward of seventy
five hundred dollars is being offered for information leading to
his capture. Brown's niece told our friends with the Associated

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Press that her uncle had long struggled with mental illness.
Law enforcement says he was known to them before the
shooting and likely knew at least some of the victims personally.
Residents are urged to remain cautious and call nine one
one with any Sidings.

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Speaker 1 (02:41):
Authorities in Tennessee are intensifying the search for twenty eight
year old Austin Robert Drummond, the man accused of killing
four members of the same family before abandoning an infant
in a remote area. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation or TBI,
has now charged two additional men in connection with the case.

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Tanaka Brown and Giovante Thomas, both twenty nine, are accused
of helping Drummond after the killings and face charges of
accessory after the fact to first degree murder. Brown also
faces account of tampering with evidence. The victims, identified as
twenty one year old James M. Wilson, twenty year old

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Adriana Williams, thirty eight year old Courtney Rose, and fifteen
year old Braden Williams, were all related. Wilson and Adriana
Williams were the parents of the infant, who was found
unharmed in a car seat in rural Tigrid about forty
miles from where the bodies were discovered in Tiptonville. Authorities
say the killings were targeted. Drummond, who has a criminal

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history that includes robbery and attempted murder, faces four counts
of first degree murder and related charges. He remains at
large and is considered armed and dangerous. Officials say the
child is safe and in detective care. A Marilyn mother,
once declared mentally unfit to stand trial, is now facing

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murder charges in the twenty fourteen disappearance of her two
young children. Thirty eight year old Katherine Hoggle was arrested
after a Montgomery grand jury indicted her on two counts
of first degree murder. Hogel had been confined to a
state psychiatric hospital for nearly a decade, repeatedly ruled incompetent

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to stand trial. Her children, three year old Sarah and
two year old Jacob Hoggle, vanished in September twenty fourteen.
Hoggle disappeared around the same time, but was found days
later walking in a nearby town. Police says she refused
to reveal the children's whereabouts. Their bodies have never been found.

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Hoggle was initially charged with misdemeanor neglect and abduction, but
those charges were dropped in twenty twenty two after a
court ordered treatment window expired. She remained hospitalized until her
release last month. Prosecutors say she'll now face a bail
review hearing in Montgomery County. Her attorney, David Felson, maintained

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she suffers from schizophrenia and has long required antipsychotic treatment.
Troy Turner, the children's father, has accused Hoggle of faking incompetency.
Catherine Hoggle remains in custody in Milwaukee. A man convicted
of murdering and dismembering a college student he met on
a first date has been sentenced to life in prison

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without parole. Thirty three year old Maxwell Anderson was found
guilty in June of killing nineteen year old Shawde Robinson,
a student at Milwaukee Area Technical College. Prosecutor said Anderson
murdered her after a night out in April twenty twenty four,
then mutilated her body and scattered her remains across several locations.

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Her head has never been found. At sentencing, Milwaukee County
Circuit Judge Laura Cravello called the crime unconscionable, comparing it
to a horror novel. She rejected Anderson's claims of innocence
and denied a request from his attorney, Tony Cotton for
parole eligibility after twenty five years. Robinson's parents, Sheina Scarborough

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and Carlos Robinson, delivered emotional statements calling the crime unforgivable
and demanding full justice. Anderson, a Navy veteran, maintains his
innocence and plans to appeal.

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