KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The man convicted in the fatal 1990 shooting of a Knoxville store worker has been denied parole for a second time.
Jimmy Ray Cureton was denied parole following a case review hearing on August. 28. A spokesperson for the Tennessee Board of Parole said the decision was made due to the seriousness of the offense.
He is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of Bill Frye. In 1990, Frye was working at the Corner Market & Deli on Maryville Pike when he refused to sell cigarettes to a few teenagers. Hours later, Cureton returned and fatally shot Frye outside the store.
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Cureton was arrested and charged with the murder in 1996, but was not sentenced for his convictions of murder and attempted especially aggravated robbery until 1998…