March 26th, 2014 8:04 am by
CHATTANOOGA TIMES FREE PRESS
JASPER — The wanted man who
authorities say killed himself Tuesday alongside Interstate 24 in Marion County
was a former police officer who had been in trouble with the law before, Times
Free Press archives show.
Charles Keith Murphree, 44,
committed suicide between the towns of Jasper and Kimball on the westbound side
of the interstate, bringing traffic to a halt Tuesday afternoon.
Murphree, a former police
officer in Ider, Ala., was wanted in DeKalb County, Ala. Authorities identified
the vehicle he was driving at the Western Sizzlin' restaurant at the Jasper
exit. Authorities then followed Murphree west on Interstate 24 for a few miles
before he took his own life, officials confirmed.