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Sat Aug 17, 2024, 07:07 AM Aug 2024

Tennessee guardsman found dead and bound with zip ties in 2019 was shot over custody dispute, authorities say

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Tennessee guardsman found dead and bound with zip ties in 2019 was shot over custody dispute, authorities say

Hundreds of possible suspects were investigated in Jacob Bishop's killing nearly five years ago. Authorities this week arrested his then-wife and her cousin.

Tim Stelloh
Fri, August 16, 2024 at 1:09 AM EDT
3 min read

Jacob Bishop. (via Facebook)
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Jacob Bishop.

After an investigation that spanned nearly five years and included hundreds of possible suspects, authorities in Tennessee said they believe a custody dispute was behind the killing of a National Guard member who was bound with zip ties and fatally shot in 2019.

Officials in Loudon County said Tuesday that Amanda Bishop, 39, and Eric Byrd, 39, were charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Jacob Bishop, a member of the Tennessee National Guard who had returned from a deployment to Poland in the months before he was fatally shot.

Amanda Bishop, of Kingston, and Byrd, of Lenoir City, were arrested Tuesday, the sheriff's office said in a news release.

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