In November of 2016, the Guy parents had announced they sold their home in Knoxville, Tennessee to retire and move to Joel Sr.'s late mother's home in Surgoinsville, TN. They were holding their last family dinner at their home on Thanksgiving where the entire family would be attending before they all looked forward to having Christmas dinner in Joel and Lisa's new home. Their son, Joel Guy, Jr. had attended this dinner. He had been financially reliant on his parents, never having a job but living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 600 miles from his parents' home for the past decade. When he found out he was to be financially cut-off by his parents after their retirement, rage ensued and the most gruesome crime scene was left in his parents' home that the officers on the case had ever seen.

Sources

Medium (2021)

The Crime Wire (2023)

Criminal (2021)

Knoxville News Sentinel (2023)

All That's Interesting (2022)

Audio:

YouTube- Law and Crime Network (2020): Joel Guy Jr Trial- Proffer of Victims' Family Members-Family Members Testify, 911 Call is Played