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In the early morning hours of January 30, 1998, the life of 23-year-old Michael Tragen Hite was cut short in his Athens, Tennessee home. Hite was asleep in his bed when he sustained a single gunshot wound to his head. The shooting occurred at the trailer residence he shared with Jeremy Stakley in McMinn County.

The events of that tragic morning involved two assailants, Chris Haire and John Newberry, and resulted in another man, Mark Allen, being shot and wounded. It was undisputed that Ha ...Read More
Victim Details

Michael Tragen Hite

Male

White / Caucasian

Athens

TN

1998-01-30

23

Michael

Tragen Hite

01/02/2026