A father who was upset after a Tennessee couple
deleted his adult daughter as a friend on Facebook has been charged in
the shooting deaths of the couple, seen below, authorities said
Wednesday.
The victims had complained to police that Marvin Potter’s daughter
was harassing them after they deleted her as a friend on the social
networking site, Johnson County Sheriff Mike Reece said Wednesday.
60 year old Potter, seen below, has been charged with two counts of
first-degree murder in last week’s slayings of Billy Payne Jr. and his
girlfriend, Billie Jean Hayworth. The couple was shot to death in their
Mountain City home in the far northeast corner of the state. Their
8-month-old baby was found unharmed in Hayworth’s arms.
“It’s a senseless thing,” the sheriff said. Authorities have been
involved other cases where Potter’s daughter, Jenelle Potter, believed
she had been slighted by someone.
Marvin Potter’s friend, Jamie Curd, seen below, has also been charged
in the killings. 38 year old Curd, had romantic feelings for Jenelle
Potter, 30, the sheriff said.
Potter and Curd were arraigned Wednesday. Potter asked for time to hire
an attorney while Curd was assigned a public defender who did not
immediately return a phone message.
Assistant District Attorney General Matthew Roark said Curd’s initial
bond was raised to $1.5 million while Roark agreed to put off a bond
hearing for Potter until next week, when he is expected to have an
attorney. Potter remains jailed on his initial $200,000 bond.
The victims lived with Billy Payne Sr., who was the last person to
see them alive. He told detectives he saw Hayworth get up to feed the
baby before he left for work at about 5:30 a.m. on Jan. 31.
The slayings were discovered about five hours later when a former
neighbor stopped by to pick up mail the family would save for him.
The younger Payne was found in his bedroom, and Hayworth was found in the baby’s room.
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