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'She was a good person' | Murder victim's daughter recounts grisly killing as death row inmate works to get exonerated

Tommy Griffin and Connie Branam were shot and killed in 1992.

Libby Cunningham, William Winnett, David Doonan

Sandy Branam

Published: 5:49 PM EDT August 27, 2024
Updated: 9:38 AM EDT August 28, 2024

Connie Branam was 34 years old when her body was found in a burned-out car in Sevier County.

It was in the winter of 1992, just a week after the body of her brother, Tommy Griffin, 24,  was found along the banks of the Little River in Walland. Both of them had been shot and Griffin's trailer had burned to the ground around the same time.

Now one of the men convicted in their killings is working to get off Tennessee's death row.  Inmate Gary Wayne Sutton's loved ones have hired a private investigator, who said she's uncovered evidence that shows someone else killed Griffin and Branam.

The wounds have never healed for her daughter, Sandy Branam. 

Sandy said the right people were arrested for killing her mom and uncle, but her opinion on the conviction might be surprising to some people. 

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