RSSTennessee Bureau of Investigation: Five bodies found in Lincoln County, TN … TBI has Suspect in Custody … Suspect Jacob Lee Shafer
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has discovered 5 bodies Saturday morning in two different houses in Lincoln County, TN. According to reports, some of the victims were related. TBI does have a suspect in custody in the slayings of five people in southern Tennessee.
Fayettesville, TN indicated by star & Huntsville, AL approx 31 miles away
FAYETTEVILLE, Tennessee – A suspect is in custody in the slayings of five people in southern Tennessee, officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said.
Lincoln County Sheriff Murray Blackwelder stated that his department is investigating three crime scenes involving five or more victims. The victims’ names have not been released or that of the suspect. Sheriff Blackwelder would also not confirm the causes of death.
UPDATE I: The Tennessean is reporting that there is a 6th victim in Huntsville, Al.
UPDATE II: According to CNN, Suspect identified as Jacob Lee Shafer, who faces murder charges
Jacob Lee Shafer has been questioned by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and faces charges of murder in the deaths of five people in Tennessee and one person in Alabama, said TBI spokeswoman Kristin Helm.
WFSA is reporting that Jacob Lee Shafer has confessed to the killings.
UPDATE III: Jacob Lee Shafer charged with with five counts of homicide for the Tennessee deaths and faced an additional count in Alabama.
30 year old Jacob Lee Shafer was charged with 5 counts of homicide for the deaths that took place in Tennessee and one additional count of homicide for the death in Alabama. Police say that Shafer was sitting on his porch when authorities arrived to arrest him. Shafer’s victims consisted of four adults and two juveniles; however, their names have yet to be released.
Lincoln County Sheriff Murray Blackwelder said at a news conference that his department is investigating three crime scenes, though he did not elaborate. He did not release the victims’ names and would not confirm the causes of death in what he called “horrendous” killings and “one of the worst crimes Lincoln County has seen.”
Helm said the Tennessee victims were killed Friday night or early Saturday. Shaffer was sitting on the porch of one of the Fayetteville houses when authorities first arrived Saturday.
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one more reason folks ought to keep a loaded gun handy in the house. Yet ironically, the current administration has had a lot of talk about restrictions. Guess they want us unable to defend ourselves.
Question is, defend ourselves from whom?
Another case in which ‘swift justice’ is needed.
If guilty – without question – there’s no need to waste taxpayer money on a trial, encarceration or anything.
Will the senseless and idiotic murders in America ever stop?
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What do you want to bet that someone had a gun in that house in Fayetville, TN?
Probably more than one!!!
Just read about this on Yahoo…much too close to home and work for me
God bless and be with the families of those who died in vain at the hands of a cold blooded murderer. May he rot in hell!
[...] Jacob Shafer was arrested yesterday after the bodies of 5 victims were located in the separate homes in Fayetteville, TN. He has been charged with 5 counts of murder in Tennessee and will face an additional count in Alabama. [...]
As a Tennessean myself, I would like to offer my proverbial ‘two cents worth…’
The District Attorney – named Brooke or some such – or else Chuck Crawford, from that same office, who was once opon a time a judge in Fayetteville himself, will likely seek the death penalty against the likes of Jacob Lee Shaffer, especially given the nature and volume of the crimes committed.
Then he, just like so many others, will likely sit on death row at taxpayer expense for ten plus years, just as one Darryl Holton – from up the road in Bedford county, and many others have done in Tennessee’s fairly recent history.
alright…i live in fayetteville and i went to schools with devin brooks and robert berber. let me tell you something, robert berber (we were very close) was the nicest guy i have ever met in my entire 19 years of living! i CANNOT grasp this being true…even though i know it is. i HATE that this happened to these guys…these guys i KNEW. i HATE that their families are going to have to go through with the pain of which this…stupid, crazy… LUNITIC has caused! i just…ugh…everyone keeps telling me that justice will be served. how? this…i dont even want to call him a MAN…this THING…being killed does not ease the pain of everyone who knew robert and devin and the others. i know thats all they can do…i just hope he gets what he deserves SOONER than later. please pray for robert and devin’s families. i was told that devins family didn’t have any insurance…so i hope to goodness they can find some way to get their stuff situated. which i know they can’t just NOT bury the bodies…but i hope they can be together at least.
R.I.P. Devin Brooks and Robert Berber – I love and miss you so much Berber.
[...] his deadly wake lay 6 murdered victims,five in Tennessee and one in Alabama.. The first victim was 50 year old Sidney Wade Dempsey who was killed late [...]
I lived in Lincoln County when this happened…This is the most tragic thing to happen in Lincoln County in the 18 years that I have been alive. I went to school with Berber & Devin and I see everyday, even 4 months after it happened you can still see the pain in everyone’s eyes who loved them. No one deserves to be done that way. They were too young to die and they shouldn’t of had to go out that way….I HOPE JACOB SHAFFER ROTS IN HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
R.I.P Berber & Devin