Barry Countiss, 56, was found shot to death in his home on Stevenson Hill Road in Blountville, Tennessee in January 2023. His gunshot death was investigated as connected to a second nearby homicide in which 36-year-old Katie Arnold was also shot and killed.

Investigators identified Donald Britt as a suspect in both killings. Authorities say Britt killed Arnold, reportedly because he feared she would expose his role in a recent robbery, then went to Countiss’s home, shot and killed him, and took Countiss’s SUV. That vehicle was later involved in a crash in Johnson City that led to Britt’s arrest. Britt was taken into custody and his case was being presented to a grand jury on charges alleging he murdered both Arnold and Countiss.

Are there details about Barry Countiss’s activities or contacts in the neighborhood around the time of the killings that anyone can share?