08/30/24
DEKALB COUNTY – Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, working alongside deputies from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, have arrested a Smithville man in connection to a Thursday homicide.
At the request of 13th Judicial District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway, special agents began investigating the death of 39-year-old Earl Craig Asberry, Jr., shortly after deputies found the man deceased from an apparent gunshot wound behind a home in the 100 block of Streamer Drive. During the investigation, authorities developed information leading to William Anthony McKenzie as the person responsible for the crime.
On Friday, August 30th, agents arrested McKenzie (DOB 10/3/1957) and charged him with one count of Second-Degree Murder. Authorities subsequently booked him into the DeKalb County Jail on a $500,000 bond.
The charges and allegations referenced in this release are merely accusations of criminal conduct, not evidence. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and convicted through due process of law.
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