Dec 14, 2020
The Roane County News is reporting that two Cumberland County men have been arrested and charged in connection with the death of another Cumberland County man whose body was found floating in the Little Emory River last week.
Casey Lee Ridenour, 21, and Samuel Lee Cook, 33, addresses unknown, are charged in the death of Arron Brown, 37, who had a Westel-area address, Roane County Sheriff Jack Stockton told the newspaper.
Both are charged with second-degree murder and abuse of a corpse.
On Dec. 9, a citizen launching a boat at a boat ramp on the Little Emory River saw the body of a fully clothed man floating in the water and contacted authorities. Members of the Roane County Rescue Squad recovered the body later identified as that of Brown.
Body found in river; man arrested
Oakridger
A deputy with the Roane County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a suspect for the murder of a man found dead in the Emory River in Harriman.
Roane Conty Sheriff Jack Stockton gave details in a phone interview.
He said a fisherman found the body of 37-year-old Arron Brown the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 9. Brown was found lying face down in the Emory River some time before 9 a.m. Stockton said a fisherman was launching his boat from a boat ramp when he found the body.
Stockton said his office is investigating it as a homicide. One man, Casey Lee Ridenour, is in custody, arrested at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10. He is charged with second degree murder and bond was set at $500,000, according to the sheriff.