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Funeral, visitation arrangements made for slain Middle Tennessee Sgt. Daniel Baker

Sgt. Daniel Baker's body was escorted back to Dickson County on Thursday. Baker was shot and killed in the line of duty on Wednesday morning, and both suspects in his death are now in custody.

DICKSON COUNTY, Tenn. - Funeral arrangements have been set for Sgt. Daniel Baker, the Dickson County sheriff's deputy killed Wednesday in the line of duty.

The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Dickson, Tenn.

Two visitation times have been scheduled, the first from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at the church, followed by a second visitation beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday until the service begins, according to his obituary.

Sgt. Daniel Baker

Baker, 32, will be buried at Dickson County Memorial Gardens.

He was fatally shot Wednesday morning, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, after responding to a call about a suspicious vehicle near Sam Vineyard Road.

Authorities lost communication with Baker, who was later found dead in his patrol car a couple of miles away from the initial call.

As hundreds of tips poured in Wednesday and Thursday, a manhunt continued for Steven Wiggins, the 31-year-old felon being sought in the homicide.

On Friday, the TBI announced Wiggins had finally been captured not too far from where the incident occurred. He is set to face a first-degree murder charge according to the TBI.

Erika Castro-Miles, a woman authorities say was in the vehicle with Wiggins when he fatally shot Baker, was arrested Wednesday night and charged with first-degree murder.

Castro-Miles, 38, is being held in the Dickson County jail without bond.

Daniel Baker was widely known and loved in Dickson

Baker, a former Marine who was deployed to Iraq, joined the Dickson County Sheriff's Office in 2008.

He came from a family of law enforcement officers: Both his father, Darryl Baker, and his stepbrother, Evan Bohn, work for the Spring Hill Police Department, according to the agency.

Friends said Baker was widely beloved in the small town of Dickson.

More: Daniel Baker once rescued a trapped woman, caught drunken gunman

Lt. Travis Plotzer, speaking on behalf of the Tennessee Highway Patrol and other residents in the Dickson area, described those feeling the loss of Baker as "heartbroken."

"Not only did Dickson County lose somebody, the state of Tennessee lost somebody. The nation lost one of the good guys," he said.

Speaking at a news conference Thursday, Dickson County Sheriff Jeff Bledsoe said the death continued to weigh heavily on him and the department

"I'm even more heartbroken today as to what he endured," Bledsoe said, noting that he had watched video related to the crime that was "very disturbing," but declined to elaborate on the footage.

Reach Natalie Allison at nallison@tennessean.com. Follow her on Twitter at @natalie_allison.

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