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Meigs County Grand Jury Indicts Chad Mitchell Lankford in July Homicide

By Ronni Chase Nov 25, 2025 | 5:43 PM

The Meigs County Grand Jury has indicted 45-year-old Chad Mitchell Lankford on one count of First Degree Murder in the July (2025) shooting death of 46-year-old Jason Paul Burnette at a residence in Decatur, Tennessee.  On Tuesday (November 25, 2025) Lankford was arrested and booked into the Meigs County Jail on a $1 million bond.