JACKSON, Tenn. (Scripps News Nashville) — The man accused of killing four people and abandoning an infant in west Tennessee is speaking out publicly and claims he’s innocent.

Austin Drummond appears in court via video conference Thursday, August 7, 2025. (Court TV)

Austin Drummond was arrested earlier this month in Jackson, Tennessee, about 75 miles from Lake County, where the murders occurred.

Authorities discovered four members of the same family murdered in Lake County on July 29: Adriana Williams, James Matthew Wilson, Cortney Rose and teenager Braydon Williams. That same day, an infant related to the victims was found abandoned but safe in a car seat in a stranger’s front yard in Dyer County.

According to investigators, Drummond knew the victims — he was dating Rose’s sister.

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