On January 31, 2022, 34-year-old Scott County Sheriff’s Deputy April Duncan was found fatally shot inside her home on Locust Lane in Oneida, Tennessee. Duncan had begun her law enforcement career with the Tennessee Department of Corrections in 2015, joined the Scott County Sheriff’s Office in 2019, was promoted to Corrections Sergeant, and later served as a School Resource Officer.

The death was initially reported as a possible suicide, but the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation later shifted the inquiry and expanded the probe after uncovering allegations of sexual abuse of a child. That investigation extended for more than a year and led a Scott County grand jury in May 2023 to indict April’s husband, fellow deputy Tommy Duncan, on second-degree murder related to her death and on multiple counts tied to the child-abuse investigation, including continuous sexual abuse of a child and five counts of rape. At the time the indictments were served he was being held in the Campbell County Jail on related charges and a $1 million bond.

Does anyone have information about April, her work in Oneida, or the events leading up to January 31, 2022 that could help clarify what happened?