Sequatchie County Homicide

The Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, is investigating a homicide that occurred Saturday evening.

Officers were dispatched to 210 Keener Road for a report of a female bleeding. Officers discovered 24 year old Kerry Summer Angel, of Dunlap, had been fatally wounded. Officers secured the crime scene, and notified the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division. It was found that the suspect, 72 year old male Willard Clifton Land, of Dunlap, had fled the scene, but was later caught by deputies in a wooded area near the crime scene. Ms. Angel was pronounced dead at the scene.

Land is currently being held in the Sequatchie County Jail, without bond, and has been charged with Criminal Homicide.