Tyler Andrew Worth, 25, of Cleveland, Tennessee, went missing October 15, 2015; his remains were later found in Polk County, wrapped in a tarp and left in the trunk of a car. An autopsy confirmed Worth had been shot three times in the back. Investigators tied the killing to a dispute over stolen property and identified five people believed to be involved.
Witnesses say the group was together on October 11, 2015, when Jody Alan Hughes, armed with a handgun, drove to a secluded dirt road, ordered Worth and two others out of the vehicle, and, as Worth tried to run, shot him multiple times. Hughes allegedly coerced the others into wrapping Worth’s body and moving it; the body was later taken to Polk County and recovered after Jeffery Todd Crumley led law enforcement to the location. Gus Roy Hawkins Jr. was later apprehended at a car wash.
In Bradley County Criminal Court Jody Alan Hughes was convicted by a jury of first-degree premeditated murder, kidnapping, tampering with evidence, and conspiracy to commit tampering with evidence and was sentenced to life plus fourteen years.
Did anyone in the area have contact with Tyler in October 2015 or recognize any of the people named during that week?