UPDATE:
The Marion County Sheriff’s Department has arrested 19-yr old Cody Anderson in the Memorial Day weekend homicide of Jeremy Brent Hughes. Anderson is charged with Criminal Homicide and is currently awaiting arraignment in the Marion County Jail.
Anderson has confessed to the crime and the murder weapon has been recovered.
Original release continues below:
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, along with the Marion County Sheriff’s Department, is seeking the public’s help with an unsolved homicide that occurred sometime over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
The victim, 34 year old Jeremy Brent Hughes, was discovered dead in his home, 209 Chambers Road, Jasper, Tennessee, at approximately 12:30 PM on Sunday, May 30, 2010. The preliminary autopsy revealed that he suffered severe head trauma. A neighbor last saw Hughes around 3:30PM on Saturday, May 29, 2010.
Anyone with information about Hughes murder is urged to contact the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND or the Marion County Sheriff’s Department at 1-423-942-2525.
