Clarksville NowJustin Sawyer s family searches along the roadside of Route 115 in Kentucky on Feb. 6, 2021 (Keely Quinlan, Clarksville Now)
CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Justin Sawyer’s family arrived to a crowded parking lot at Dick’s Sporting Goods in Clarksville on Saturday. Friends, neighbors and strangers alike were ready to help with the search for the remains of the 20-year-old, who went missing Dec. 17 and is suspected to have been killed as part of a robbery gone wrong.
One of the searchers found a blanket that volunteers hope might bring clues to the body’s location.
The search party was coordinated on short notice. It was announced Wednesday by Sawyer’s aunt, Angela Belcher, after police investigators revealed they had exhausted their leads.
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The cases against two Oak Grove men charged in connection with the disappearance of a man from Clarksville will be heard by a Christian County Grand Jury following a preliminary hearing Wednesday morning in Christian District Court.
Kentucky State Police Detective Brandon McPherson testified that 20-year old Dawuan Davis and 22-year old Marquell Devont’e Sims of Oak Grove were captured on video surveillance December 17 at the Shell Station on KY 115 in Oak Grove inside a vehicle owned and driven by Justin Tyler Sawyer.
Sims reportedly told state police that they met Sawyer at the Newton Apartments in Oak Grove to purchase marijuana. He said Davis shot Sawyer in one of his legs there and in the other leg at the Shell station.