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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davy Crockett" data-source="post: 316165" data-attributes="member: 367">***THE LATEST UPDATE NOW ON THE SHOOTING DEATHS OF TWO YOUNG MEN WHO WERE DUCK HUNTING ON REELFOOT LAKE.  — There is a great deal of interest in this case.  And, there are so many conspiracies and rumors.  I concede there are still unanswered questions.  But here is what we do and do not know:  WE KNOW the body of 70-year-old David Vowell was found Saturday in the waters of Reelfoot Lake.   The remains were located not far from where the shootings occurred at or near a duck blind on the lake last Monday.  WE KNOW Vowell — a Martin, TN businessman — was charged with two counts of first degree murder in connection with the shooting deaths of 26-year-old Chance Black and 25-year-old Zackery Grooms at Reelfoot Lake in northwest Tennessee. WE KNOW there was a third person hunting with the two victims — Jeffrey Crabtree. He told authorities Vowell came to the blind and shot both Black and Grooms for no apparent reason.  Authorities say Crabtree was able to get the gun from Vowell ... and knocked him into the water. Then Crabtree headed to shore with the two victims to get help. WE DO NOT KNOW what caused Vowell’s death. I’ve been told it appears to be an apparent drowning, but the body has been sent to the state medical examiner for an autopsy. We should have a preliminary report this week. WE DO NOT KNOW all of the details uncovered by investigators who continue to work the case. WE DO KNOW that at this time there is absolutely NO indication Crabtree is a suspect in this case. WE DO KNOW authorities have thoroughly questioned him and everyone else who knew the victims and Vowell.  WE DO NOT KNOW the motive for the killings.  People have posted all types of theories for what happened — from there was bad blood between the men to the belief Vowell was suffering from dementia which led him to violence ... to the idea that Crabtree is the killer.  I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT ANY OF THOSE THEORIES.  I can also tell you investigators will follow where the evidence takes them and then make their findings public. Until then everything else is simply pure conjecture. As it stands now the two victims will be laid to rest today and tomorrow.  MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO THEIR FAMILIES AND EVERYONE ELSE EFFECTED BY THIS TRAGEDY. More to come.</blockquote>

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