Attempted Murder in Coffee County
44 year-old Christopher Bates was arrested on Wednesday, August 3, 2021 and charged with Attempted First-Degree Murder and Especially Aggravated Kidnapping. According to Coffee County District Attorney Craig Northcott Bates slit his girlfriend’s throat at a location just outside Tullahoma on Normandy Road. Bates then took woman to the hospital. Northcott said that surgery was …