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UPDATE: KPD receiving tips in search for male suspect after vehicle stolen with 4-year-old inside

UPDATE: KPD receiving tips in search for male suspect after vehicle stolen with 4-year-old inside

UPDATE: KPD receiving tips in search for male suspect after vehicle stolen with 4-year-old inside

The child was found safe and unharmed with the vehicle just a few minutes after it was stolen.

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Former Taylor Co. man confesses to nearly 100 unsolved murders, two in Bibb

Little, who was born in Reynolds, is claiming responsibility for 90 murders across the country

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Chris Watts case: What we know now and what's next

Frederick man Chris Watts has pleaded guilty to killing his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts, and their young children Bella and Celeste. He will be formally sentenced to life in prison on Nov. 19.

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Tennessee Supreme Court sets execution dates for 6 inmates in 2019, 2020

All of the defendants had previous execution dates set, which were stayed for pending legislation.

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Second missing inmate from Bell County captured three months after escaping

The Claiborne County Sheriff's Office apprehended a Kentucky escaped inmate that had been missing since August.

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Alcoa man charged in 20-year-old killing, break-in

Chris Knighton is serving a long prison sentence in the rape of a woman in 1998.

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Execution dates set for two East TN killers

The state supreme court set execution dates for 6 men on death row - including 2 from East Tennessee.

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TBI searches for child rape suspect

33-year-old Simon Dean Porter is wanted on a charge of aggravated rape of a child. Police say he may be driving a green Chevrolet S-10 pick-up truck with a red tailgate.

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Florida man accused of putting semen in coworker's water

Robert Tyson faces two counts of poisoning water with the intent to kill or injure.

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Man arrested in decades old cold case

An Alcoa man is now charged with murder in a 20-year-old cold case.

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Pair on trial over shooting incident involving Sevier County deputy

Sevier County Deputy Justin Johnson confronted the pair in December 2016 outside a mobile home. Johnson later resigned from the department.

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Judge will not stop David Miller execution

Miller is set to die on December 6 for the 1981 murder of a mentally-handicapped woman in South Knoxville.

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Chris Watts' parents question plea deal in murder of wife, daughters

The mother of Chris Watts wants to know whether he's really guilty of killing his wife and the couple's daughters -- and she accused his attorneys of cutting off contact with his family. Now she's wondering if it's too late to withdraw his guilty pleas on all charges, part of a deal he took to avoid the possibility of the death penalty.

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Judge won't stop Tennessee's third execution since August

In Tennessee, inmates whose crimes occurred before 1999 can chose electrocution or lethal injection. Correction officials have given Miller until Tuesday to decide.

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Grand jury returns hate-crime indictment against accused Kroger shooter

Investigators announced the man accused of shooting and killing two people at a Kroger in October is now facing hate crime charges.

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TBI searching for Lawrence County fugitive wanted for raping 16-month-old boy

Simon Dean Porter, 33, is wanted for aggravated rape of a child. The incident happened on Nov. 10.

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