Scott Lanzon News Today

Marcus DeHart is being held in lieu of a $1 million bond. Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr. has not been arrested as of Monday evening.

Gray Jr. is charged only in Knox County. But his parents face prosecution in both Knox and Roane counties. In fact, District Attorney General Russell Johnson has filed notice hes ready to seek the death penalty against the elder Gray if the case goes to trial in Roane County. Authorities learned about the familys alleged crimes in May 2020 after one of the adoptive children, a boy, was found wandering on a Roane County road down from his home. Investigative interviews led to the discovery of th...