Screenshot of Jaxon Neil in a jail jumpsuit, flanked by officers.

THE man accused of the quadruple murder of a Tennessee family has made his first appearance in court on Thursday.

Austin Drummond, 28, entered a not guilty plea and was issued no bond when he appeared virtually at his arraignment in prison garb.

Screenshot of Jaxon Neil in a jail jumpsuit, flanked by officers.
Drummond appeared virtually in a striped jail uniform at his arraignment on ThursdayCredit: WREG
Mugshot of a white man with short brown hair.
Austin Drummond’s mugshot after he was arrested following a weeklong manhuntCredit: Obion County Jail
Collage of photos of a family: mother, father, baby, and grandmother.
The victims were identified as Adriana Williams (top left), James Wilson (top right), Cortney Rose (bottom left), and Braydon Williams (bottom right)Credit: gofundme
Mugshot of Austin Robert Drummond, suspect in a quadruple homicide.
Drummond was captured on Tuesday morning after he was spotted in the woods of Jackson, TennesseeCredit: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

Drummond was apprehended on Tuesday following a manhunt that began on July 29, after the tragic discovery of James Wilson, 21, Adrianna Williams, 20, Cortney Rose, 38, and Braydon Williams, 15, who were found deceased in a wooded area.

A baby girl, just seven months old, and linked to the victims, was found left in front of a home in West Tennessee, one county over from the site where the bodies were uncovered.

Drummond is a convicted felon with alleged ties to a violent street gang who was dating Rose’s sister, police said.

He was out on bail on an attempted murder charge at the time of the quadruple murders after serving 13 years in a cushy prison cell.

The motive in the killings is still a mystery, as well as the reason for Drummond allegedly leaving the baby in a random driveway.

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