ssharpJACKSBORO, TN. (WLAF)- Over three years after Billy Partin, Jr. was found stabbed in his LaFollette apartment, his murderer and one time girlfriend is going to jail for his death.
In 2018, Lindsay Craw was arrested and charged with first degree murder after Partin died from his injuries.
After a series of delays and changes of attorney, Craw’s trial was set to begin this week. However, yesterday she opted to plead guilty instead of facing a jury.
Craw pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter receiving a 15-year sentence that will be served at 60 percent, according to court records. She is scheduled to report to jail on Friday.
Craw initially told police an intruder stabbed Partin and assaulted her. Two days after Craw told police that story, they searched the home where she was staying and found a red handled large knife under her bed believed to be the one used in Partin’s stabbing. That is when she was arrested and charged in Partin’s death, police records said. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED 3/30/22- 6:30 PM)