KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Knoxville Police Department announced Sunday night that63-year-old Randall Vaught has been indicted for the murder of 60-year-old Brian Overby, who died following an assault in September 2025.
KPD said Vaught’s indictment comes after a months-long investigation after Overby was found just before 10 p.m. on Sept. 7 near the Taco Bell in the Broadway Shopping Center with numerous injuries to his head and face. KPD said Overby was assumed to be unhoused.
KPD said Overby was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center for treatment and eventually died after his condition deteriorated. KPD said the Knox County Regional Forensic Center determined that Overby’s death was the result of blunt force trauma likely caused by an assault…