Ep 209 : Tennessee Quadruple Murder: Manhunt for Austin Drummond

Mama Mystery with Kelly Evans

Kelly Evans

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.6 • 769 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Four members of the same Tennessee family -- 21-year-old James “Matthew” Wilson, 20-year-old Adrianna Williams, her mother 38-year-old Cortney Rose, and 15-year-old Braydon Williams -- were found murdered in a rural Lake County woodline on July 29, 2025. Hours earlier, their 7-month-old baby girl had been abandoned unharmed in a stranger’s yard miles away. Authorities quickly identified 28-year-old Austin Robert Drummond, who has ties to the victims through his girlfriend, as the suspect. Drummond, a convicted felon with a violent criminal history, is accused of targeting the family, killing them, and fleeing the scene. He’s been spotted armed and in camouflage in Jackson, TN, sparking a massive multi-agency manhunt and a $30,000 reward for his capture.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Mama Mystery. I am your host, Kelly. And before we get started with today's episode,
0:06.0	I wanted to chat with you guys for a second to kind of just recap some things that I've been
0:10.2	meaning to tell you. First of all, CrimeCon is coming up. It's going to be the first weekend in
0:15.7	September. It's held in Denver, Colorado, and we will be there on podcast row.
0:21.0	So if you are in the area or if you're interested in going to CrimeCon, I highly recommend it.
0:26.8	It's a chance to see some of your favorite creators in the space, including bigger names like
0:32.0	the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
0:34.8	Usually there's hosts from Dateline that are there.
0:37.1	I believe Josh
0:37.7	Mankowitz is going to be there. One of my favorite prosecuting attorneys, Matt Murphy,
0:41.9	is going to be there. If you know, oh, I can't remember when it was. It was either one or two years ago,
0:47.6	but I met Matt Murphy for the first time. And Austin took our picture. And it was so funny,
0:53.4	because I didn't know if I should like put my
0:55.2	arm around him or not. And so in the picture, I just look so painfully awkward. The whole
1:00.5	experience was so awkward. I basically short-circuited. Matt Murphy is a cute guy. And Austin
1:06.1	totally called me out on that. He's like, you have a crush on that guy. And I was like, I think
1:10.7	it's just because he is so smart and like well you have a crush on that guy. And I was like, I think it's just
1:11.0	because he is so smart and like well known. I don't know. Do you ever just like kind of short circuit around people that you admire? Like, I don't know. That's basically what happened. But that's a lot of what CrimeCon is. There's a lot of familiar faces there. So I'm very excited. And then you have a lot of speakers and expos and exhibits
1:29.5	going on all at the same time. So there's always something to do. Ethan Chapin's mom from the
1:35.5	Idaho murders is scheduled to be there and do a presentation, like a panel that you can sit in
1:41.4	and listen to. So I'm really hoping I can go see that. Anyway, all of that
1:44.8	is to say if you have a chance to get out to Denver and go to CrimeCon, I highly recommend it.
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