On Friday afternoon, Bryan Ray Dudley was convicted of first-degree murder. He was the last defendant to be convicted for the murder of David Steele.
He was also convicted of especially aggravated kidnapping with a weapon and especially aggravated kidnapping with serious bodily injury.
Steele went missing on Oct. 3, 2017, in Tullahoma. His body was discovered on Oct. 26, 2017, in the Spring Creek/UTSI Road area, sparking a homicide investigation by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.
After the body was identified as Steele, the sheriff’s office reported it was working with the Tullahoma Police Department and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation on the case.
12th District Attorney released a statement on Saturday; “The verdict resulted from the thorough investigation by the Tullahoma Police Dept, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, and Moore County Sheriff’s Office,” Lynch’s office said in a statement released on Saturday, Aug. 17. “The prosecution team included Assistant District Attorneys Steve Strain, Kandi Nunley, and Casey Little, along with Criminal Investigator George Dyer and Assistant Victim Witness Coordinator Jenny Armstrong.”
Dudley will be sentenced on September 25th, 2024.
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