On May 16, 2022, deputies responded to a call for assistance at 662 Buck Creek Road Kingston, TN.  Upon arrival, deputies were informed there was a person unresponsive in the house and the doors were locked.  Deputies made entry into the house and found two people that were deceased, both people were sent to the Knoxville Forensic Center for autopsy.  The Roane County Sheriff’s Office is investigating this as a double homicide.  The deceased has been identified as Steve Groover 67 years old of Kingston and Cindy Scruggs 62 years old from Kingston.

Sheriff Jack Stockton says that gunshot wounds were not the cause of death. No further details were given as to the cause of death. Authorities are still searching for clues and the investigating is continuing.