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A court appearance has been scheduled for a Cherokee County
man charged in the murder and dismemberment of a man last month in the Cedar
Bluff area.
Ninth Circuit District Attorney Mike O’Dell said the hearing
is expected to take place in Etowah County, where suspect 63 year old Terry Lee
McKinney, is being held on a murder charge.
McKinney was arrested March 29, the same day Cherokee law
enforcement personnel were contacted by individuals who found what appeared to
be human remains on the side of County Road 82.
Appearances did not deceive; Cherokee County authorities
searched the roadside and found more human remains in plastic bags. While the
victim has not been positively identified, authorities looked at the
possibility it was a Cedar Bluff man reported missing a few days earlier, and
their probe led them to McKinney — believed to be the last to have seen the
man.
Not long after his arrest, McKinney was transferred to the
Etowah County Detention Center. Cherokee County Sheriff Jeff Shaver said the
large facility was better able to accommodate McKinney’s medical needs. Shaver
said McKinney, who is confined to a wheelchair, likely will require special travel
arrangements whenever court proceedings take place, and his office will have to
do what is necessary to bring him to court.
O’Dell said the Cherokee County Courthouse, like the jail,
is not equipped to securely accommodate McKinney, which will make it necessary
for a judge to travel to Etowah County for a court hearing in the case, slated
for April 23.
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