{"id":1506012,"date":"2026-05-12T12:19:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1506012"},"modified":"2026-05-16T16:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:29:09","slug":"authorities-search-for-murder-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1506012","title":{"rendered":"Murder suspect search update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1506201\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/05\/2026-05-13_030010-179x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/05\/2026-05-13_030010-179x200.jpg 179w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/05\/2026-05-13_030010-245x275.jpg 245w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/05\/2026-05-13_030010.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: The Henderson County Sheriff\u2019s Office announced Friday that Medford is now believed to have left the county.Authorities warn the public not to approach him, describing him as a \u201cviolent individual\u201d who poses a threat to community safety. Anyone who spots him is urged to contact law enforcement immediately.<\/p>\n<p>HENDERSON COUNTY &#8211; The Henderson County Sheriff\u2019s Office is searching for Ronny Medford, who is a person of interest in connection with the murder of his 84-year-old father. According to our news partner KETK, the sheriff\u2019s office said, the murder took place at Medford\u2019s Payne Springs home on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators have also released a photo of a vehicle they believe picked him up. Medford is considered \u201ca very violent individual\u201d and is suspected to still be in the area.<\/p>\n<p>A district judge has issued an arrest warrant for Medford for murder. An autopsy is pending for his father\u2019s cause of death.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1506014\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/05\/car-200x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/> This is the suspects vehicle. Anyone with information is urged to call the Henderson County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 903-675-5128 or call Henderson County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-545-TIPS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: The Henderson County Sheriff\u2019s Office announced Friday that Medford is now believed to have left the county.Authorities warn the public not to approach him, describing him as a \u201cviolent individual\u201d who poses a threat to community safety. Anyone who spots him is urged to contact law enforcement immediately. HENDERSON COUNTY &#8211; The Henderson County &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1506012\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Murder suspect search update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1506203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/05\/2026-05-13_030010-179x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1506012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-29 08:44:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/05\/2026-05-13_030010-179x200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1506012"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1507180,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506012\/revisions\/1507180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1506203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1506012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1506012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1506012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}