Knoxville Man Receives Life Sentence for Double Homicide and Kidnapping in Brutal Home Attack
Knoxville, TN—In a courtroom filled with palpable grief and sorrow, a Knoxville man received a life sentence without parole for the double murder of his girlfriend and her friend, an act described by the judge as barbaric and remorseless. Jair Romario Martin, 28, accepted full responsibility for the killings which took place in May 2023, alongside charges of aggravated kidnapping among other accusations. The tragic sequence of events unfolded on the morning of May 13, …