Murfreesboro man accused of murdering and sexually assaulting 86 year old due in court in 2017

Oct 04, 2016 at 09:16 am by bryan


The suspect who was accused of murdering and raping 86-year old Louis Jean Espy in Murfreesboro will appear in court next year.

District Attorney Jennings Jones told News Radio WGNS (46 sec, full report)...

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Again, William Brace will be in court on May 1, 2017.

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We have an update on the murder of 86-year old Louis Jean Espy in Murfreesboro. The man who allegedly killed the 86-year old woman has been charged with not only her murder, but also with two counts of rape and one count of abuse of a corpse.

60-year old William Russell Brace is being held at the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center. He is scheduled to appear in court for a trial on May 1, 2017, according to Rutherford County District Attorney Jennings Jones.

The TBI began investigating the death of Lois Jean Espy on February 23, 2015, the same date deputies from the Bedford County Sheriff's Department found the body of Espy on Mullins Mill Road.

During the course of the investigation, Agents developed information which led to her neighbor, William Russell Brace, as the individual responsible for Espy's death in her Murfreesboro apartment, as well as the subsequent placement of her body in Bedford County.

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