The body of a 70-year-old suspect wanted in connection with a double murder was found in a lake in Tennessee on Saturday.
David Vowell’s body was found at about 3 p.m. in the waters of Reelfoot Lake in Obion County, about 50 miles north of Jackson, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. tweeted.
The find was made after the bureau said Friday it was working with the U.S. Marshals, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, the Tennessee Highway Patrol and the Sheriff’s Office of Obion County to search the lake and area for Vowell.
His body was discovered “near the area of the incident,” the bureau said. Monday’s double homicide occurred on the north side of Reelfoot Lake, authorities said.
Investigators did not disclose how the victims, Chance Black, 26, and Zachery Grooms, 25, both of Weakly County, were killed. But law enforcement described Vowell as armed and dangerous.
The office on Tuesday approved a warrant for Vowell’s arrest on two first-degree murder charges. Authorities said he did not have a history of criminal arrests in Tennessee.
An autopsy to determine Vowell’s cause of death was planned, the bureau said.
Austin Mullen contributed.