OBION COUNTY, Tenn. (WMC) - The attorney for accused quadruple murderer Austin Drummond is reappealing a judge’s decision to transfer him to a state prison in West Tennessee.

Friday, a judge denied an appeal filed by Drummond’s attorney, requesting that he stay at the Obion County Jail. The judge ruled Drummond would have to move to a state prison until his trial next year.

Drummond is facing the death penalty for the murder of four Lake County family members: Cortney Rose, Adrianna Williams, Braydon Williams, and James Matthew Wilson.

Judge Mark Hayes cited significant security concerns behind the decision to keep Drummond in Obion County. He said Drummond posed a “significant behavioral and security risk” due to Drummond’s previous actions while in prison in his most recent inca

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