TN - Etta Etheridge, 72, murdered, Paris, 8 June 2001 *arrest in 2019*

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• Reward offered in 2001 cold case homicide of Paris woman

Etta Etheridge
August 12, 2019
TBI offers reward in 18-year-old unsolved murder case
"NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is offering a reward for information leading to an arrest in an 18-year-old unsolved murder case.

On June 8, 2001, police in Paris, Tennessee were called to a Rison Street home only to find 72-year-old Etta Etheridge dead. Authorities didn’t say in their release how she died, but stated the death was ruled a homicide."

Dec 10 2019
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...-charged-with-murder-in-18-year-old-cold-case
"NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man has been arrested and charged in a murder case that went cold for 18 years.

Douglas Talley, 51, is accused of killing 72-year-old Etta Etheridge, who was found unresponsive in her Paris home in 2001, news outlets report."

Over the years, the state Bureau of Investigation and Paris police worked together on the case and recovered new evidence and leads recovered that implicated Talley, according to a state bureau news release. Details about those leads and evidence weren't immediately provided.

Last week, a grand jury indicted him on charges of first-degree murder and first-degree murder in the perpetration of a robbery. He was added to the bureau's Most Wanted List the next day and quickly arrested in Nashville, according to the bureau's statement."
TBI Most Wanted fugitive captured, charged in 2001 Paris cold case homicide

Douglas Talley, 51 (Photo: TBI)

 

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Murder Trial In Paris Cold Case Postponed
April 14, 2022
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Talley’s trial had been set to begin Monday, April 18 in Henry County Circuit Court. A full week had been scheduled for the trial. Stowe has issued a statement explaining why the trial has been postponed, noting that his office had received “new information in this case that directly related to the defendant’s guilt or innocence.” In his statement, he said his team “agreed that this information caused us to have a doubt concerning guilt or innocence, and to proceed to trial without following up on all information could result in the conviction of an innocent man”.

#more at link including "District Attorney Matt Stowe’s full statement:"