Tyler Ward Enix
A Knoxville man who was added to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Top 10 Most Wanted fugitive list Thursday morning was captured in Ohio, just hours after being added to the list, authorities said.
Tyler Ward Enix, 36, who is the father of the subject of an Amber Alert issued Wednesday, was captured Thursday morning in a rural area of Morrow County, Ohio, the TBI said. A citizen had heard the Amber Alert on the radio and realized he was behind the vehicle referenced in the alert. The citizen called 911 and deputies with the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office responded and initiated a traffic stop, the TBI said. Enix was taken into custody without incident. His 2-year-old daughter Brooklynne was recovered and is safe.
Enix was wanted by the Knoxville Police Department and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation for first-degree murder.
On Wednesday, October 28, Enix’s wife Kimberly was found murdered in her apartment, according to the TBI. Neighbors saw Tyler Enix driving away from the apartment in his wife’s car before she was discovered. Brooklynne Enix, the shared daughter of Tyler and Kimberly, had been missing since the incident.
Enix is currently being interviewed by Ohio law enforcement authorities, the TBI said Thursday morning.
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