District Attorney General Bryant C. Dunaway reports that the man sentenced to life in prison for the 1989 fatal shooting of high school student David Ray Dishman has been denied parole. On Thursday (October 9, 2025), the hearing officer denied early release to Billy Joe Greenwood. In April 1989, Greenwood stole a rifle with the intent to kill his ex-wife and hid outside of her mother’s house. When her 18-year-old brother, David Dishman, arrived home from work, Greenwood shot him in the abdomen. According to DA Dunaway, as David lay there in his mother’s driveway, he said to Greenwood, “If I did anything to you, I am sorry”. Greenwood then shot David a second time in the chest killing him. In October 1990, an Overton County Jury found Greenwood guilty and he was later sentenced to life. Thursday was the 6th time DA Dunaway has appeared with David Dishman’s family to oppose early release for Greenwood and he says they will all be there again next year. (Image courtesy DA Dunaway.)
