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Or maybe ol Crabtree was the one that shot the old boy,and then shot his two friends to cover it up. Who knows.

There might have been a black lad involved, and he ain't talking !

Wouldn't bet against that, bet he floats up in a few days especially if Crabtree didn't use enough weight to keep him down

Crabtree had previously never had a run in with the old man . They wanted to make a video and Crabtree was the camera man . His first time to the blind .

Most non-boomers couldn't follow me around all day, let alone manage what I do on a daily basis.

LMAO.

Whole incident may have been on video?

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Search resumes for David Vowell, man accused of double murder at Reelfoot Lake
Leanne Fuller Jan 29, 2021 Updated 1 hr ago
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OBION COUNTY, TN — Crews resumed their search of Reelfoot Lake in Obion County, Tennessee, Friday — looking for the man accused of shooting and killing two men in their 20s on Monday.

The district attorney general said the search for David Vowell was suspended Wednesday because of high water at the lake.

Investigators told Local 6 Vowell approached Chance Black, Zach Grooms and another man who was hunting with them on Monday. Then, an argument started.

The third man, Jeffery Crabtree, witnessed the shooting. The district attorney general said Crabtree took the gun away from Vowell, and took the victims for help.

Crews have been searching for Vowell ever since.

We're told crews believe Vowell is not in the water, but either died from exposure or was helped from the water.

A memorial account has been established for the victims' families. All money donated will be divided equally between the families of Grooms and Black. You can drop off your donations at Greenfield Banking Company in Weakley County, Tennessee, or send your donation to P.O. Box 47 Greenfield, Tennessee, 38230.

If Vowell ends up being found guilty the wrongful death suit against his estate will net the families plenty enough coin.

There is always two sides to a story. Could be these young guys had been harassing him and he snapped. Doesn't sound like he had much happiness in his life. His duck hunting may have been the only thing going for him. These guys may have even threatened him. We'll likely never know.

There's a big update that was done via FB live that states the Crabtree guy's story checks out. Old man motors over to the blind blocking the other boat in, leaves his boat running, loads his gun and walks in and shoots one. Then he turns the gun on the other and shoots him in the side. The 3rd shell jammed at which time Crabtree takes it from him and hits him with the gun knockong the old man in the water. Crabtree then loads their boat up with the two victims and calls for help heading to land. Vowell's boat was found 200 yards from the blind still running. Basically this was released becuase there were folks saying Crabtree was a triple murderer which infuriated the DA since Crabtree was a surviving hero.

Something caused the old man to snap. Onset of early dementia possibly? Tragic story regardless.

Ooooookay.

I have been saying on this forum for years, based on 14 ambulance calls I ran as a paramedic, that at close range, nothing is more lethal than birdshot.
I worked 14 of these cases, torso shots, and every one went to the morgue.

So the current story is this.......

An old demented guy approaches 3 armed men.......much younger than him.......and kills two of them without being shot himself.

After seeing his two innocent buds killed, third armed-guy decides to forego using his own weapon......deciding instead to go hand-to-gun combat against an irrational old man.

After winning, against all reasonable odds........lucky survivor takes Mr.Dementia's gun........then lets the murderer freely wade to shore.

Yea, sure.

Whole story probably sounds great......to a Sheriff Bullard.

It was aliens.

They set the whole thing up.
They had a cloaked blind and were using phased shotguns.
They was tired of both parties wearing out the ducks on both sides of em and not getting shots.
They did a mind scrambler on crabtree which was easier than normal.
Took the old man's body back to the underwater base beneath reelfoot lake for alien lizard dog pet food.

This whole thing will be a really good episode on unsolved mysteries in 5 or 6 yrs.

As good an explanation as any, got the top dogs, TBI all up in it, THP choppers with FLIR Imaging. Was full search mode, like the dude that strangled the School Marm at the prison last year. He got caught trying to get a drink of water in somebody's back yard finally. What are we getting for our tax dollars these days, no Rooster Cogburns anymore?

The part I was wondering about was the third man, who we we are told was 60, loading the two victims into a boat by himself, no mean feat. Meanwhile he last sees the shooter wading back to shore, the shooter musta been hanging out in the water for a considerable period of time.

I believe the third guy was only there to film the hunt. He most likely did not have a gun.
On the previous page a post by unccgrad posted this account by the authorities, probably the only reason he wasn't shot is because the gun jammed.

Old man motors over to the blind blocking the other boat in, leaves his boat running, loads his gun and walks in and shoots one. Then he turns the gun on the other and shoots him in the side. The 3rd shell jammed at which time Crabtree takes it from him and hits him with the gun knockong the old man in the water. Crabtree then loads their boat up with the two victims and calls for help heading to land. Vowell's boat was found 200 yards from the blind still running.

May be a stretch, but do we know for sure that the third guy didn't have a beef with, or a drug deal gone wrong, with his two "friends" and use the missing old man as the fall guy for it?

The 2 deceased hunters had firearms, quickly accessible to third guy.....even 'if' he didn't have his own.

When a guy pulls up and blocks your boat in.......visibly loading his gun.......you're not on-the-ready?

2nd guy can wing shoot......but cannot 'quickly' get a low down on an old geezer.....after first guy is shot?

Shot in the side? Not instant death.....who doesn't return fire?

Third guy lets the supposed murderer free......with at least 3 shotguns in the blind.

Not a feasible explanation.

I believe the guy doing the update was a prosecutor, and had directly spoken to the DA and had intimate knowledge of the details. I know some Boomers aren't into social media but it was likely the best way for him to clear the air about Crabtree to the masses. 4 really know what happened and only one is left to tell the story.