Two men were found shot to death in a home in Old Fort, Tennessee, and a judge later described the killings as execution-style. Larry Wayne Jeffries Jr., 52, and his friend Jeremy Michael Walker, 27, were discovered dead in Jeffries’ home on March 3, 2017, after Jeffries failed to report for work and family checked on him.

Investigators tied the double homicide to a dispute over a drug debt and focused on Valerie Hart and her son Ahren Presley. Evidence presented at later proceedings included Presley’s use of Walker’s bank card at a hotel and victims’ property, including a television and Jeffries’ work identification, found at a residence Presley had access to. A witness testified Presley confessed that he and his mother killed the two men over a drug debt, saying Hart was the shooter and that Presley had been covered in blood.

In January 2020 Valerie Hart pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including four counts of first-degree murder, and admitted to pulling the trigger. Ahren Presley was tried and convicted by a jury on nine counts, including felony murder and especially aggravated robbery. Both received effective sentences of consecutive life terms plus additional years. Does anyone have information about Jeffries or Walker’s activities in Old Fort around early 2017 that might help clarify the timeline leading up to their deaths?