The manhunt for a particular forces veteran accused of shooting his wife ended when his physique was found Wednesday, the Stewart County Sheriff’s Office mentioned.
“Initial indications show he died due to a self inflicted gunshot wound,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
Craig Berry, 53, was wished on suspicion of tried homicide after he attacked his wife at their Tennessee dwelling and shot her as she tried to drive away on the night time of April 30, the Stewart County Sheriff’s Office mentioned. His wife, who suffered a neck wound, has been launched from the hospital, Sheriff Frankie Gray told NCS.
“We can confirm Craig Mark Berry is deceased and no longer a threat to the public,” mentioned Christian Marrero, a spokesperson for the US Marshals Service, which had been working with the sheriff’s workplace in the investigation.
“The United States Marshals Service Middle District of Tennessee is proud to have assisted in the search for this violent criminal with our federal, state, and local partners,” he mentioned.
Berry’s physique was found a number of miles from his dwelling, close to the world the place path cameras captured him coming into the woods, and he doubtless died not lengthy after he fled early on May 1, Gray advised NCS affiliate WTVF.
Berry was found with a single weapon together with a provide of ammunition, the sheriff mentioned.
A preliminary investigation reveals he died from a gunshot wound to the pinnacle, Gray added. Berry’s physique can be despatched to the health worker for an official dedication of demise.
Deputies had scoured tough terrain round Berry’s dwelling in Dover, close to the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, thought of “one of the largest contiguous blocks of undeveloped forest in the eastern United States.”
In addition to second-degree tried homicide, Berry additionally confronted expenses of tried homicide, home assault, aggravated assault and leaving the scene of an accident, courtroom paperwork present.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Berry’s wife mentioned her husband beat her and tried to strangle her shortly earlier than midnight. She managed to get into her automobile, however Berry shot her as she fled, the wife advised investigators.
Berry vanished into the close by woods earlier than deputies arrived and led authorities on an in depth manhunt by closely forested terrain that included steep hills, snakes and ticks.
During the manhunt, Berry referred to as his mother and father, who cooperated with investigators, the sheriff mentioned earlier than Berry’s physique was found.
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