TIPTONVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man charged with killing four members of the same family and kidnapping a baby before eluding authorities for a week pleaded not guilty Monday at his first court appearance since he was indicted.

Austin Robert Drummond appeared before a judge for an afternoon arraignment in circuit court in Lake County, located in rural northwest Tennessee.

Austin Drummond appears in court at his arraignment on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. (Court TV)

A grand jury indicted Drummond on Nov. 10 on charges including first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping in the July 29 shootings. Drummond had pleaded not guilty in a lower court before a judge ruled there was enough evidence for his case to proceed to the grand jury.

Drummond is accused of the deaths of the parent

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