TIPTONVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three people charged with helping a Tennessee man accused of fatally shooting four people are suspected of providing him with shelter, phones and rides as he evaded authorities after the killings, a prosecutor said Thursday.

Austin Robert Drummond made a brief court appearance before a judge by video feed on Thursday in the rural city of Tiptonville in western Tennessee.

Austin Drummond appears in court via video conference Thursday, August 7, 2025. (Court TV)

Drummond has pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of the parents, grandmother and uncle of an infant found abandoned in a home’s front yard. A weeklong search for Drummond ended Aug. 5 in Jackson, about 70 miles (115 kilometers) southeast of the crime scene in Tiptonvi

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