UPDATE (9/3/25, 10:50 AM CT): At the request of 26th Judicial District Attorney General Jody Pickens this investigation was predicated based upon the TBI fugitive investigation into Austin Drummond. During the course of that investigation, focused on Drummond’s time as a fugitive in Madison County and any related crimes that may have occurred during the search, a Madison County Grand Jury returned indictments on September 2nd charging Giovontie Thomas with two counts of Accessory After the Fact. Thomas was arrested on August 2nd and booked into the Madison County Jail.
MADISON COUNTY– Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested a Jackson man Saturday and charged him with Accessory After the Fact to 1st Degree Murder in connection to the ongoing search for Austin Drummond (DOB 8/31/1996).
At the request of 29th District Attorney General Danny Goodman, TBI special agents began investigating a quadruple murder that occurred Tuesday along Carrington Road in Tiptonville. TBI investigators, in coordination with a variety of local, state, and federal authorities, identified Drummond as a suspect. Agents obtained warrants for Drummond charging him in connection with the murders. Further investigation revealed that Drummond’s associate, Giovontie Thomas (DOB 3/24/1996), assisted Drummond.
Saturday, agents obtained warrants charging Thomas with Accessory After the Fact to 1st Degree Murder. Thomas was already being held in the Madison County Jail on an unrelated charge for Failure to Appear. He will be transferred to the Lake County Jail to be arraigned on the new charges.
The charges and allegations referenced in this release are merely accusations of criminal conduct, not evidence. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and convicted through due process of law.
At the time of this release, Drummond remained at large. He should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information concerning his whereabouts is asked to call 731-415-7962, 731-333-0811, or 1-800-TBI-FIND.
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