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Tessa Deuschle

Case from Oak-ridge, TN dated Jun 15, 2017

Victim Details

Tessa Deuschle

Female

White / Caucasian

Oak-ridge

TN

2017-06-15

43

Tessa

Deuschle

07/06/2026

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In a quiet neighborhood in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a welfare check on a Thursday morning in June of 2017 led to a grim discovery. Inside a home on Oak Lane, police found the bodies of 43-year-old Tessa Deuschle, her 24-year-old daughter Chelsea Kessel, and her 49-year-old ex-husband, Michael Deuschle. All three had been fatally shot, each with a single gunshot wound.

The preliminary investigation by the Oak Ridge Police Department suggested a murder-suicide. It is believed that Michael Deus ...
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  • WATE 6 On Your Side: 3 people found dead of gunshot wounds at Oak Ridge home
  • Police: Two women were shot first, then man killed himself in Oak ...
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    I’ve been thinking a lot about the tight-knit community in Oak Ridge and how this tragic event mus... ...Read More
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    I can't stop thinking about how the community of Oak Ridge must have felt when the news broke about ... ...Read More
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    I've been thinking a lot about the tragic events that unfolded in Oak Ridge concerning Tessa Deuschl... ...Read More
    08/06/2023
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