Prosecutors plan to hunt the demise penalty in opposition to a Tennessee man charged with killing the mother and father, grandmother and uncle of an toddler discovered deserted in a house’s entrance yard, authorities mentioned Thursday.Austin Robert Drummond, 28, appeared by a video feed from jail earlier than a choose in Tiptonville, two days after he was arrested within the killings that set principally rural areas of western Tennessee on edge.District Lawyer Danny Goodman instructed the choose that the state intends to hunt the demise penalty. Lake County Common Classes Decide Andrew T. Prepare dinner ordered Drummond held with out bond as a result of it’s a capital case.Drummond was sitting in a black and white striped jumpsuit. He instructed a choose he operated a enterprise and he mentioned he needs a speedy trial. The choose entered a not responsible plea on his behalf and granted him a court-appointed lawyer, who didn’t instantly return calls searching for remark Thursday.The choose additionally arraigned Branden Powell, who authorities say was stopped in a car with Drummond days earlier than the shootings as they had been trying to ship marijuana to the jail in Lake County. Powell didn’t enter a plea as a result of he’s attempting to rent a lawyer, he mentioned throughout his listening to.Drummond is charged with 4 counts of first-degree homicide, aggravated kidnapping and weapons offenses. A weeklong seek for Drummond led to Jackson, about 70 miles southeast of the placement of the July 29 slayings.Officers had responded to a name of an toddler in a automobile seat being dropped at a “random particular person’s entrance yard” within the Tigrett space, roughly 40 miles from Tiptonville, the Dyer County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned.Then, investigators in neighboring Lake County reported that 4 folks had been discovered lifeless from gunshot wounds in Tiptonville. Officers decided they had been the newborn’s mother and father, James M. Wilson, 21, and Adrianna Williams, 20; Williams’ brother, Braydon Williams, 15; and their mom, Cortney Rose, 38.Investigators decided the 4 had not been seen for the reason that night time earlier than, Goodman mentioned. A relative had referred to as 911 after discovering two autos in a distant space, and the 4 our bodies had been present in close by woods, Goodman mentioned.Goodman mentioned Drummond’s girlfriend is the sister of the toddler’s grandmother.Kim Hamil, Wilson’s mom, mentioned Thursday that it was a “actually dangerous state of affairs” for the kinfolk and so they had been attempting to let justice take its course. They had been going to be in court docket each probability they might, Hamil mentioned.“It’s an entire household gone,” mentioned Hamil. “It’s unbelievable.”She mentioned the household beloved one another and that Wilson was a very good father and son. Kin are caring for the newborn.”As a household, we’re simply damaged,” Hamil mentioned.It’s believed Drummond focused the victims, mentioned Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David Rausch. The company has additionally charged three different folks with serving to Drummond after the killings.Drummond was arrested based mostly on suggestions after police launched a surveillance clip exhibiting a person they mentioned was Drummond carrying camouflage and carrying a firearm, authorities mentioned. Drummond had been staying in a vacant constructing close to the woods.Drummond has served jail time for robbing a comfort retailer and threatening to go after jurors. He was additionally charged with tried homicide whereas behind bars, and was out on bond on the time of the killings, Goodman mentioned.With a inhabitants of about 3,400 folks, Tiptonville is close to the Mississippi River and scenic Reelfoot Lake. A preferred vacationer vacation spot, the 15,000-acre lake was created by violent earthquakes in 1811-1812 that induced the river to stream backward and basically flood a forest.___Mattise reported from Nashville, Tennessee.