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Mug shot of Brandon Russell from an unrelated charge from 2008. Russell, 29, is charged in the death of Meco Siler on Jan. 6.Courtesy Chattanooga Police Department
A 29-year-old man charged with murder will have his case sent to the grand jury.
Brandon Eugene Russell is charged in the death of Meco Siler, 29.
Police found Siler's body in her room at the extended stay motel Country Hearth Suites on Jan. 6.
Police arrested Russell three days later on witness testimony.
An autopsy report showed 36 stab wounds in Siler's body.
Read more in tomorrow's Times Free Press.
Todd South covers courts, poverty, technology, military and veterans for the Times Free Press. He has worked at the paper since 2008 and previously covered crime and safety in Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia. Todd’s hometown is Dodge City, Kan. He served five years in the U.S. Marine Corps and deployed to Iraq before returning to school for his journalism degree from the University of Georgia. Todd previously worked at the Anniston (Ala.) Star. Contact ...
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