Published: September 11, 2018

A COFFEE COUNTY MAN IS IN JAIL AND FACES CHARGES OF MURDER AND DISMEMBERMENT.  ACCORDING TO MEDIA SOURCES, OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO A RESIDENCE ON DUCK RIVER ROAD AROUND 4:30 SUNDAY MORNING.  JAMES MCCOY, 54, OF MANCHESTER IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS WIFE LISA MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE CUTTING OFF BOTH OF HER LEGS IN ATTEMPT TO DISPOSE OF THE BODY.  MCCOY IS BEING HELD IN THE COFFEE COUNTY JAIL WITHOUT BOND AND IS BEING CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, ABUSE OF A CORPSE, EVIDENCE TAMPERING AND DOMESTIC ASSAULT.  HE IS EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN COURT ON TODAY.