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Suspect Named in Fatal Sequatchie County Stabbing

Mar 10, 2025 | 6:56 AM

The Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Office has identified the suspect in Saturday morning’s fatal stabbing as 41-year-old Johnathan Belk of Dunlap.

Belk reportedly returned to his home in the Freedonia Community and confronted 18-year-old Billy Jean Floyd, of Jasper, who was at the residence with Belk’s wife, 31-year-old Jada Gholston.

Floyd was fatally stabbed.  Gholston was injured.

Johnathan Belk was placed in the Sequatchie County jail and charged with criminal homicide.