ERWIN, Tenn. — A woman is seeking justice for her sister, who was shot and killed in Unicoi County in 2022. The man accused of the crime, Tyler Lee Owens, is set to go to trial this month.
21-year-old Stacie Brugger was a graduate of Tennessee High and was living in Sullivan County at the time of her death.
Unicoi County officials said that in February 2022, 29-year-old Owens shot and killed Brugger at the Nolichucky Gorge Campground. Court documents reveal that Owens placed Brugger’s body in her own vehicle and attempted to clean the camper with bleach. He has been charged with second-degree murder…