LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – The Campbell County Sheriff’s Office issued a release today on developments in a 2020 murder case. Related story.

Campbell County Sheriff’s Detective Sergeant Gary Jeffers (left) and Captain John Long (right) placed Arthur Schutte under arrest at his South Sudenny Lane home last week.

On May 24, 2020, the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office began an investigation into a death at 3988 Cedar Creek Rd. Investigators arrived at the scene to find a male, identified as Elbert Lee Moore, in a state of distress with apparent injuries indicative of being struck by a motor vehicle.

CCSO Deputy Justin Phillips (left) places Schutte in the cruiser for transport as Detective Sergeant Gary Jeffers looks on.

The Campbell County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Unit, led by Captain John Long, concluded their investigation and presented a case against Arthur Thomas Schutte to a Campbell County Grand Jury, resulting in a true bill.

The scene along Cedar Creek Road in May of 2020, as investigators work the case.

On April 15, 2021, Arthur Schutte, age 69 of South Sudenny Lane-La Follette, was arrested and booked into the Campbell County Jail on charges of Second Degree Murder.

Arthur Schutte

Schutte’s bond was set at a quarter of a million dollars, and he is due in court on Monday, April 26, 2021. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 04/19/2021-12:30PM-PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE CAMPBELL COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE)

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