On the morning of September 25, 2021, a shooting in a rural area outside Athens, Tennessee, left four people dead. Jesse Dupree, a 40-year-old White woman, was among the victims; the others named in reports were 39-year-old Brandy Nicole Harris, 24-year-old Skylar Hawn, and 36-year-old Trevon Hall. The violence began after 8:00 a.m. when two people, Jazzmine Jacole Hall and Curtis Donnell Smith, arrived at a County Road 60 residence. An altercation over a 10-month-old child escalated, witnesses say Jazzmine Hall took the baby at gunpoint and shot Trevon Hall, and Curtis Smith then shot Hall again before shooting and killing Dupree, Harris, and Hawn.

Two people inside escaped or pretended to be dead and were able to contact the McMinn County Sheriff’s Office. After the shootings, the house was set on fire and the suspects fled with the infant; the baby was later recovered and placed in the Department of Children’s Services custody. Indictments were returned against Hall and Smith on multiple counts, including first-degree murder, attempted murder, especially aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated arson.

Does anyone have information about Dupree, her life in the Riceville area, or what happened that morning?