A welfare check in Byrdstown, Tennessee, on July 13, 2025, ended in a homicide investigation after deputies responding to a home on Eagle Crest Drive heard a single gunshot. Inside, 72-year-old Theresa Foutch, a White female, was found with a fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation took over the probe at the request of the 13th Judicial District Attorney General. Investigators say the focus quickly turned to someone inside the household and that Theresa’s husband, Johnny Foutch, was determined to be responsible. He was arrested that same night and charged with one count of first-degree murder; he was booked into the Pickett County Jail and held without bond.

No motive has been released and the investigation is ongoing; the charge is an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Does anyone in Byrdstown have information about the Foutch household or what happened that night?