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Martin Police Searching for POI in Homicide Investigation

Martin Police Department

Update: Martin Police have released details of the homicide incident. Added to the story below.  

Martin Police are searching for a person of interest in the investigation of a homicide on Brooks Drive involving one victim. 

Police are looking for 46-year-old Eric D. Higgs, a black male, around 6' 2" weighing 200 pounds. He is possibly driving a white 2016 Audi A3 sedan with a Tennessee license plate.

Officers responded to a welfare check at 146 Brooks Drive at 9:13 a.m. after a resident of that location failed to show up for work. Police located a deceased female inside the residence and have identified her as 48-year-old Barbara Higgs. 

Anyone with information as to Eric Higgs' whereabouts can contact the Martin Police Department at 731-587-5355 or CrimeStoppers at 731-587-2611.

Matt Markgraf joined the WKMS team as a student in January 2007. He's served in a variety of roles over the years: as News Director March 2016-September 2019 and previously as the New Media & Promotions Coordinator beginning in 2011. Prior to that, he was a graduate and undergraduate assistant. He is currently the host of the international music show Imported on Sunday nights at 10 p.m.
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