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Suspect arrested for Crossville murders
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(AP) – A suspect was arrested Friday in the shooting deaths of a woman and three teenagers whose bodies were found in a car in a former mountain resort in eastern Tennessee.Jacob Allen Bennett, 26, was arrested on a parole violation the night after the four bodies were found on Renegade Mountain, TBI director Mark Gwyn said at a press conference in Crossville."We believe that we have this person that committed these crimes in custody, that this community is safe," Gwyn said.Bennett was being held at Cumberland County Jail while prosecutors prepared to call a special session of the grand jury to evaluate charges.A car containing the bodies was discovered by a resident of the community about 50 miles west of Knoxville on Thursday morning. The victims were identified as driver Danielle Jacobson, 22, and passengers Steven Presley, 17, Dominic Davis, 17, and John Lajeunesse, 16."There are some indications that there was some connection between the suspect and one, possibly two of the victims," said Deputy District Attorney General Gary McKenzie. But he declined to specify which of the victims might have known Bennett, or provide a possible motive or other details about the case.Bennett was sentenced to six years in prison in 2010 after pleading guilty to a series of charges in Cumberland and Fentress counties, including being a convicted violent felon in possession of a firearm and theft, according to court records.