A single-vehicle crash in Jefferson County, Tennessee, led troopers to a home in Athens where two people were found dead, according to NewsChannel 9. The Tennessee Prius crash happened on November 8, and the report describes the investigation into the deaths as active and ongoing.
A state safety report on the Tennessee Prius crash identified the driver as Timothy Libbey, who was in a 2018 Toyota Prius registered to Willis Libbey. Troopers said the driver refused to give information about himself or the vehicle. Investigators later determined that the Prius had been taken without authorization, and its estimated value is between $14,000 and $16,000.
Troopers went to Willis Libbey’s home on County Road 654 in Athens to notify him of the crash. There they found Willis Libbey and Mary Libbey dead inside the home. Both appeared to have multiple stab wounds, the report says, and the driver is described as the son of the two people who were found dead.
The report does not say he has been charged in the deaths
The report does not say that the driver has been charged in connection with the deaths. However, the charges attributed to him as of the latest update are theft of property valued at more than $10,000, tied to the Prius, along with assault counts tied to incidents at a jail.
The driver had been released from state prison on November 7, one day before the Tennessee Prius crash, after serving a sentence for aggravated assault, according to the report. The report does not explain how the Prius came to be in his hands, beyond the finding that it was taken without authorization…