ROANE COUNTY, Tenn. — A second man has been sentenced in the 2020 murder of a Roane County man, according to District Attorney General Russell Johnson.
Second co-defendant Shane Parks has pled guilty to kidnapping and second-degree murder for his role, along with others in the murder of Robert McCullough. Joshua Aikens, a 39-year-old, killed McCullough in the fall of 2020, according to Johnson.
The victim was last seen on Oct. 7, 2020, and was reported missing by his mom 10 days later, Johnson said. According to the DA, McCullough was beaten, hogtied and abandoned at a white trailer in Morgan County until his body was discovered later that December.
The original tip to law enforcement identified Parks, Aikens and one other person as being potentially responsible for the murder. Over time the investigation turned up several persons who gave statements to the effect that Mr. McCullough was assaulted at the home of the third person in Rockwood, Tennessee, according to the DA.
Aikens has already pled guilty to his role in the homicide and received a life sentence. He is presently serving that sentence in the Tennessee Department of Corrections where Shane Parks will also serve his sentence which consists of two 45-year sentences that will run concurrently.
