Three Liberty residents face charges of attempted murder after they attempted to destroy a mobile home with a person inside the structure. According to Cannon County Sheriff’s Department reports, the incident happened Wednesday March 16th around 10:30 in the morning. The initial call came as a fire call on Big Hill Road. Cannon County Sheriff’s Deputy Randy Neal the responding officer upon arrival at the scene saw the condition of the owner of the home, Lonnie Estes from Cannon County and called warrant investigations.
Investigator Anthony Young was able to travel with the EMS to the DeKalb County Hospital with Estes and got a statement from him. Estes was treated for a laceration to the head and multiple bruises. Estes explained that James Hill, Mary Hill and Charlotte Hill were all in the process of moving their possessions from the Big Hill Road residence to a house on Pea Ridge Road when an argument between Hill and Estes ensued.
Estes alleged that Hill had hit him in the head with a can and with Estes’ own walking cane. Then Hill allegedly beat him with a chair. After Hill left Estes in the floor, Hill allegedly then walked outside to his car, returned with a gallon jug full of gasoline, threw it on the floor and set the mobile home on fire with Estes in it. Hill shut the door and left. Estes made it out of the house, went to a nearby residence and called 911. Bomb and Arson Division was called in and did an investigation and at this point the Sheriff’s Department started to try to find the subjects. Investigator Young received information that they were at a residence on Pea Ridge Road. All three were taken into custody in around three hours.
All three were charged with attempted murder, aggravated arson, and especially aggravated robbery. The suspects are being held at the Cannon County Jail on $1million bond for the attempted murder charges each, $750,000 on each of the other two charges for a total of 2 and a half million dollars each.
They will be headed to court June 7th to answer the charges. Investigator Anthony Young, along with Cannon County Sheriff Darrell Young, Cannon Sheriff’s Deputies, Eric Moss, Reed Bryson, Brandon Mims were involved in the investigation and arrest. Investigator Young gave credit to Kim Hall and Connie Graves of the 911 Dispatch. Their flawless information and professionalism in the process was the key to catching the suspects in this case in a timely manner.
