Tyronne Brazille Drove Wife's Body 400 Miles Before Tennessee Arrest

Q: What was the killer's ultimate destination before a random Memphis traffic stop ended his macabre escape?

It is not known from the available reporting. Police and Baton Rouge investigators said Tyronne Brazille allegedly shot Lanessa Bradford in Baton Rouge, put her body in the car, and drove north through multiple states before a traffic stop in Memphis uncovered her body. But neither the news reports nor the cited police accounts identify a final intended destination. What is clear is that he had already crossed state lines and was still traveling when Memphis officers stopped him for a traffic violation near South Second Street and Pontotoc Avenue. Any claim about where he was ultimately headed would go beyond the facts currently reported.

3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 17

Memphis police stopped Tyronne Brazille for a traffic violation after a nearly 400-mile drive from Baton Rouge and found Lanessa Bradford dead in the passenger seat with a gunshot wound.
Louisiana investigators allege Brazille, 50, shot Bradford, 50, during an argument at Independence Community Park, then drove through Mississippi instead of contacting authorities.
A Louisiana warrant charges Brazille with second-degree murder; he was arrested in Tennessee as a fugitive and is due at an extradition hearing in Memphis on Monday.
Bradford's friend said the elementary school employee had saved money and planned to leave Brazille, who had previously threatened to kill himself or her if she left.
The case fits a wider pattern: CDC-cited data shows more than half of female homicide victims in the US are killed by current or former male intimate partners.