The Great Smoky Mountain Journal

Staff, Wire Reports

Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 07:30 PM

Two TN Women Killed In Christmas Eve Double Murder Near Jackson

JACKSON, Tenn. (SOURCE: AP) - Two Tennessee women were killed in a Christmas Eve double murder, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

The Benton County Sheriff's Department called in special agents from the TBI to help investigate the case.

Jerry Wayne Dabbs, 63-years-old of Camden, was arrested on two counts of First Degree Murder.

Investigators said Dabbs killed two women on December 24th at a home at 4520 Highway 70 East in Camden, TN.

Both 47-year-old Wayna Ruth Hedrick and 26-year-old Bonnie Sue Hedrick were killed.

Dabbs was arrested and held in the Benton County Jail on a $250,000 bond.