Samuel Earl Rich was waiting in Will warner's home on Temple Ford Road when Hannah Grace "Gracie" Perryman entered early Friday, arresting documents say.
The arrest warrant against Samuel Earl …
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Samuel Earl Rich was waiting in Will Warner's home on Temple Ford Road when Hannah Grace "Gracie" Perryman entered early Friday, arresting documents say.
The arrest warrant against Rich, 25, said Perryman was unable to find her boyfriend Warner, 22, in an earlier visit Thursday night.
She waited several hours, then returned around 1 a.m. Friday after seeing Warner’s Jeep Grand Cherokee at the house, the documents state. Perryman looked through the home and was confronted in the master bedroom by Rich, who allegedly shot her in the head and left in the Jeep.
Investigators were able to “ping” the Jeep to the Metro water plant on 35th Avenue North in Nashville where Warner’s body was found. Warner had suffered several gunshot wounds, the warrant said.
Rich is charged with attempted first degree murder and theft of property in the shooting of Perryman. As of Wednesday afternoon, Rich had not been charged in connection with the Warner death. The TBI, Metro police and Bedford County Sheriff’s Office are continuing the investigation.
Samuel Earl Rich’s warrant stated that he was to appear in court Wednesday morning. However, the conflict — as has happened with previous cases involving Rich — is that the General Sessions Court judge is his father, Charles Rich.
“The prospect now is the state signed a different general sessions judge to come in and handle it...The district attorney’s conference will find a different, neutral prosecutor to come in and handle it. And then they will pick a date, and then that date would become his court date,” said 17th Judicial District Attorney General Robert Carter.
The next court appearance is undetermined. Normally, a lawyer is appointed to the case. However, Judge Rich was unable to do that in this situation.
“The good news, though, he is held in custody with no bonds (in Franklin County)…,” Carter said.
A scheduled court appearance Wednesday by Falicia N. Fletcher, identified by authorities as Rich’s former girlfriend, was also postponed.
Fletcher allegedly logged onto Rich’s Snapchat account without his permission, discovered photos sent from Perryman, posted them to her own account, then allegedly made harassing phone calls and harassing text messages to Perryman, according to a sheriff’s office report.
Fletcher was charged with unlawful exposure of an image and harassment. The hearing was rescheduled for Oct. 13.
