The TBI issued an update on the arrest of a Stewart County man for First-Degree Murder this morning which includes the identity of the victim:
Indian Mound, Tenn.–Special agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have arrested and charged an Indian Mound man in connection to a Tuesday homicide at his home.
At the request of 23rd District Attorney General Ray Crouch, TBI agents began investigating the death of 61-year-old Susan Dillow in a home in the 100 block of Commissary Hollow Road. During the investigation, agents developed information leading to Terence Brazil (DOB 1-20-46) as the person responsible for the crime. Agents also determined Brazil removed his clothing to wash blood from his body and provided false information to deputies when they responded to his 911 call, in which he reported he arrived home to find Dillow deceased.
Agents arrested Brazil and charged him with one count of First-Degree Murder, one count of Tampering with Evidence, and one count of False Reports. Authorities subsequently booked him into the Stewart County Jail on bond amounts totaling $1,015,000.
Indian Mound, Tenn.–A 75-year-old Stewart County man is being held on $1 M bond on charges of First Degree Murder and tampering with evidence after a female was found dead in his home in the Commissary Hollow area.
Terence William Brazil was arrested this morning. According to the booking info released by the Stewart County Sheriff’s Office, Brazil was also charged with aggravated cruelty to animals and filing a fale report.
Stewart County Sheriff Frankie Gray said investigators from the Sheriff’s Office and TBI are working the incident and it is still under investigation. There is no risk to the residents in this area.
Media reports state that deputies found evidence at the scene which contradicted what the caller to 911 said had happened. The caller reportedly said the woman had cancer, but evidence of a domestic incident was found.
Stewart County Coroner Greg Barrow has sent the victim’s body for an autopsy.