Justice Served in Tennessee: Man Convicted in 2017 Murder and Kidnapping Case
Winchester, TN — A Tennessee man was found guilty of murder and kidnapping in connection to the grim 2017 death of a Tullahoma man, whose lifeless body was discovered hanged from a tree in Franklin County. On Friday, a jury convicted 52-year-old Bryan Ray Dudley of first-degree murder and especially aggravated kidnapping. David Steele, 33, was reported missing earlier in October 2017 before being found in a chilling scene on Oct. 26, hanging with gunshot injuries. Prosecutors in the 12th Judicial District, covering multiple counties including Franklin and Coffee, highlighted this case as notably brutal. … Read more