MONROE COUNTY, Tennessee — Keith Brandon McJunkin, 44, has been charged with second-degree murder after stabbing and killing a man on Thursday, Sept. 4, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said.

At 11:45 p.m., a 911 call was made about a stabbing that occurred at 700 Cagle Rd. in Tellico Plains, according to MCSO.

MCSO responding deputies arrived on the scene and detained McJunkin and located Jeffery Dale Millsaps, who had been stabbed by McJunkin, the sheriff's office said.

Millspaps had suffered two stab wounds to the chest and was unresponsive with no pulse. Monroe County deputies performed CPR and applied chest seals to the stab wounds until emergency medical services arrived, according to MCSO.

Millsaps was transferred to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, where he was pro

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