Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement.
Tuesday morning, January 19, 2021, Rankin County Sheriff’s Department received a call from the 100 block of Conerly Road, Braxton, MS about a possible deceased individual. When deputies arrived on scene they found the victim deceased with trauma to the head. Investigators were called to the scene and were able to quickly identify two suspects who had fled the area.
With the assistance of the U.S. Marshals and Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department, the suspects were located and taken in to custody without further incident.
DANTRELL JEROME HUNTER of Prentiss, Mississippi and ASHLEY HALES BASHAM of Hattiesburg, Mississippi were transported to the Rankin County detention center where they will be charged with murder. District Attorney John “Bubba” Bramlett will bring HUNTER and BASHAM before Rankin County Court Judge Kent McDaniel for an initial appearance.
The location and apprehension of these two suspects would not have been possible without the assistance and cooperation of the U.S. Marshals, Simpson County Sheriff’s Department, Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department, Mendenhall Police Department and Magee Police Department.
16 comments:
Could this be another “Cort Gatlin” style revenge murder?
Braxton is lost.
Braxton is in Simpson county. Why is Rankin county LEO in the lead?
Just curious.
Yo Sheriff, it's "marshal," not "marshall."
"Braxton is in Simpson county. Why is Rankin county LEO in the lead?
Just curious.
The address given is in Rankin County. It's northeast of Braxton proper, across the county line in the Cato community.
Also, Kingfish you need to check your spelling.
Some places down there have Braxton(even Mendenhall) mailing addresses but still in Rankin County.
Special thanks to all involved in the capture.
Beating someone to death is beyond savagery.
Any word on the ID of the victim and possible relationship to the perps?
8:20 Looks like he just re-posted the police release.
7:24
It is obvious one sheriff runs both counties. Where did the Simpson
Sheriffs new Tahoe come from?? Who controls the scene when something goes down in Simpson?
Perhaps you will tell us, 7:48. You had me up most of the night wondering.
I just saw the mugshots on WLBT. Since Kingfish is absolutely terrified of disclosing the race of accused criminals, hopefully he will allow a commenter.
The couple that law enforcement have accused are a 45 year old white female and a 27 year old Black Male. The victim is a white female.
She's actually 46. I know she's been homeless for at least 8 + years.
She has tried to get away from there for years. Sheriff/police from Braxton down to Hattiesburg need to do more investigations into the businesses along 49 and it's tributaries. She knew too much. Got caught up in it.
They shot her and beat her to death and Ashley Basham needs God, she has been homeless and strung out and involved in more than one murder in Ms. This time she got busted!
Is there any kind of update on this case?
People will say anything.....if you don't know what really happened keep your opinions to yourself....
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