Tyler Enix Receives Life Plus Twenty-Five Years

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s Major Crimes Unit obtained a sentence of life plus twenty-five years against a man who murdered his ex-wife in front of his two-year-old child leading to a nationwide manhunt. Tyler Ward Enix, 39, was convicted last year of First Degree Murder and Especially Aggravated Robbery. When the jury returned its verdict, Judge Steve Sword imposed a sentence of life with the possibility of parole after fifty-one years on the murder count. In a sentencing hearing today on the robbery count, the Court ordered Enix to serve an additional twenty-five years consecutive to the life sentence.

In a six-day trial in October, Assistant District Attorneys Kevin Allen and Molly Martin explained to the jury that on October 28, 2015, Tyler Enix went to the home of his ex-wife, Kimberly Enix, and stabbed her forty-seven times in front of their two-year-old child. Tyler Enix then took the child, triggering a nationwide AMBER Alert. A motorist in Morrow County, Ohio, spotted Enix and alerted the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office who arrested Enix and rescued the child. Investigator Jason Booker and other investigators from the Knoxville Police Department gathered additional evidence leading to this conviction.

“This case was the result of the dedication and professionalism of law enforcement officers in multiple states,” said DA Charme Allen.”This case shows the value of the AMBER Alert system, and I want to thank the heroes in Ohio who spotted the vehicle and saved this child.”

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