Olli seats about a dozen according to Local Motors, it can carry up to 2,200 pounds, has a range of 32.4 miles and a maximum speed of 25 mph. The trolley will probably run between fixed points for conventions or tourism events, but may eventually have a fixed route, according to Kim Bumpas of Visit Knoxville. More: Local Motors to produce Olli self-driving vehicle in Knoxville At least at first, it will have an on-board operator. Olli is expected to be on the road in 2018. Visit Knoxville will own two Ollis - one for use on downtown streets, one as a backup. As the number of homicides this year approaches an all-time high, we need assistance from the community so offenders can be held accountable and victims can find peace.Knoxville-based Local Motors announced in April that the city will be a test site for its self-driving vehicles, specifically its electric trolley, Olli. In this and every case, we need witnesses. “Now that Hardison is serving life in prison, we hope that witnesses who may have been reluctant to come forward will now feel safe cooperating with law enforcement. “We need help from the community to solve this case,” Charme Allen, the district attorney general, stated in a release about Hardison on Wednesday. Bonnie Carroll is described as a white female standing 5’1″ and weighing 140 pounds, with hazel eyes and strawberry blond hair. 1, 2018, when she contacted her sister on Facebook Messenger she was believed to be in the company of the two other missing people, Bonnie Drane and William Inklebarger, with whom she had been living. William Inklebarger is described as a white male standing 6’0″ and weighing 150 pounds with black hair and hazel eyes.īrenda Kay Carroll, 46, last seen on Dec. 29, 2017, by his father at a motel room at 1500 N. William Dale Inklebarger, 40, was last seen on Dec. Bonnie Drane is described as a white female standing 5’7″ and weighing 140 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. 27, 2017, while visiting a family member at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.
(Photos via NamUs Database)īonnie Lou Drane, 45, was last seen on Dec. From left to right: Bonnie Drane, William Inklebarger, Brenda Carroll.
The three missing people named by the DA’s Office as potential connections to Hardison have been listed in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUS), a national information clearinghouse and resource center for missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases across the United States. The DA’s Office is seeking the public’s help for more information about the cases. Hardison is also named as a person of interest in an overarching, separate yet potentially related investigation involving the disappearance of three people out of Knox County. LIST: Searches continue for people missing from East Tennessee Three ‘separate but potentially related’ missing persons cases Witnesses named him as the shooter and the Knoxville Police Department obtained a search warrant for Hardison’s residence where they found the weapon that was consistent with ballistic evidence taken at the shooting scene.Ĭourt documents show Hardison was charged with first-degree murder related to a April 2001 death and later pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Sept. 24, 2017, at the intersection of Selma Avenue and Ben Hur Avenue. Hardison was accused of fatally shooting a victim in the back with an AR-15 on Sept. The DA’s Office said Wednesday they are hoping with Hardison now in prison, more witnesses will be emboldened to come forward to share information on the three missing people. Jeremy Jerome Hardison, 42, also known as “Big Country” was convicted of first-degree murder and Judge Scott Green sentenced him to serve life in prison for the 2017 fatal shooting.
Knoxville Police discuss investigating missing persons cases, following Petito disappearance