MADISON COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) — A Tennessee man has been arrested in a Madison County homicide.
The Madison County Sheriff’s Office said 70-year-old Douglas Rex Conner, of Greenville, Tennessee, was taken into custody on April 21.
His arrest is connected to the murder of Kenneth Larry Patterson. Investigators determined that the shooting is the result of what is believed to have been a domestic jealous rage, the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff’s office thanked the Greene County Sheriff’s Office, Unicoi County Sheriff’s Office, Laurel Fire Department, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation for their assistance in the investigation…