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The vehicle driven by Tennessee quadruple murder suspect Austin Drummond was found abandoned as details are emerging about his lengthy criminal background.
A manhunt is ongoing Saturday for Drummond, a 28-year-old wanted in the murders of four people this week in Tiptonville, Tennessee. Police said an infant later found on the front lawn of a random individual’s house is related to all four deceased individuals, identified as family members of Drummond’s current girlfriend.
“The Jackson Police Department has located the vehicle driven by Austin Drummond in the woods near the dead end of MCO road,” the agency said Friday regarding an 2016 Audi A3 with a Tennessee license plate. “It appears that he has been living in the vehicle and may be in the area.
“JPD asks all people within the immediate area of this alert, to lock their doors and stay indoors as we actively search for Drummond,” it added. “Remember, he is considered armed and extremely dangerous.”
Austin Drummond seen in a previous prison booking picture. (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.)
After the jury convicted him of one count of aggravated robbery in August 2014, he made threats to go after jurors, Drummond said during the parole hearing. He pleaded guilty in February 2015 to 13 counts of retaliation for past action.
The district attorney that covers Madison County, Jody Pickens, urged against early release for Drummond, writing a letter in 2020 that called him “a dangerous felony offender and a confirmed member of the Vice Lords,” a street gang, according to the AP.
Drummond ultimately was given a combined 13-year sentence. His sentence ended in September 2024, Tennessee Department of Correction records showed.
As of the 2020 parole hearing, Drummond also had more than two dozen disciplinary issues in prison, including possession of a deadly weapon, assault, refusing a drug test and gang activity. Drummond said the assault and the deadly weapon charges occurred because he was almost beaten to death.
Fox News’ Julia Bonavita, Adam Sabes, Samantha Daigle and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
