Arrest Made In Fentress County Homicide

FENTRESS COUNTY – An investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation into a Fentress County stabbing death has resulted in the arrest of Jamestown man.

On Sunday, at the request of 8th District Attorney General Jared Effler, TBI Agents began investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Mark Anthony Jennings (DOB 05/28/82), shortly after deputies with the Fentress County Sheriff’s Office found his body at a home on Casto Knepp Road in Jamestown.

During the course of the investigation, agents developed information leading to Wayne Ellis Kassow (DOB 12/02/81) as the individual responsible for the crime.

This morning, authorities arrested Kassow and charged him with one count of Criminal Homicide. He was booked into the Fentress County Jail on a $500,000 bond.
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