The 27th Judicial District Attorney Thomas A. Thomas says his office has found no reason for criminal charges in the shooting that left three men dead at Reelfoot Lake in late January.
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OBION COUNTY, Tenn. The manhunt for a 70-year-old suspect in the murders of two duck hunters ended Saturday afternoon after the man’s body was found in a Tennessee lake, investigators said.
David Vowell, of Martin, Tenn., had been considered armed and dangerous.
His body was discovered around 3 p.m. in the murky waters of Reelfoot Lake in Obion County, near the original crime scene where Chance Black, 26, and Zachary Grooms, 25, were shot Monday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said.
Investigators said an autopsy was planned to determine the cause of death.
Updated: 10:08 AM PST, February 01, 2021
David Vowell, 70, had been charged with murdering two duck hunters and was considered armed and dangerous. His body was found over the weekend in a swamp, authorities said.
The body of 70-year-old David Vowell, a murder suspect considered armed and dangerous, was found over the weekend not far from where two duck hunters were shot to death in rural Tennessee, authorities said.
A massive search had been underway for Vowell in the Reelfoot Lake area of Obion County. He had been charged with first-degree murder in last week s shooting deaths of Chance Black, 26, and Zachary Grooms, 25, according to arrest warrants.
Investigators did not immediately say how Vowell died. (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation)
Obion County District Attorney Tommy Thomas told WREG-TV last week amid the manhunt that investigators have spoken to a third hunter who was in the same duck blind as the victims when the incident occurred. However, Thomas said he could not comment on what led to the shooting.
Vowell appeared to have fled the scene on foot as investigators told news outlets that a vehicle and a boat belonging to the suspect were seized near the boat ramp at the lake.
Authorities charged Vowell with two counts of first-degree murder as the search, aided by U.S. Marshalls, intensified.