MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) -- Austin Drummond spent most of his adult life at a state prison in Lake County, where pictures posted to his reported Facebook account paint a lifestyle you may not expect.

Drummond was taken into custody Tuesday after a massive, multi-day manhunt. He is accused of killing four people and kidnapping a baby.

Drummond, 28, had been out of prison 11 months.

He finished a 13-year sentence last September after he was tried as an adult for a July 2013 armed robbery. Security footage showed him in a gas station in Jackson, walking behind the counter, pointing a pistol at the clerk, and taking money out of the register.

Drummond served his sentence at the state's Northwest Correctional Complex in Lake County.

While still incarcerated, a video was reportedly posted to Drummond's Facebook page showing him playing video games

Investigators from News 2's sister station, WREG, also found multiple photos posted to that same page that reveal a comfortable life while he was reportedly housed in state prison.

The pictures show him with multiple cell phones, a TV streaming device, a handheld video game system, and shelves stocked with food.

Another pictured shows him flashing a nice bottle of liquor with the caption, "Cîroc... almost home living it up till I get there." It was posted in November 2023, 10 months before he was released.

WREG asked officials from the Tennessee Department of Correction if they had seen the photos, what action was taken, and how often they conduct sweeps at that prison. All TDOC would say was, "When an inmate is in violation of policy, they are disciplined."

A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation background report News 2's sister station uncovered states Drummond was charged four times with contraband into a penal facility, as well as unlawful telecommunication devices in a penal facility.

He was also received attempted murder, drug and weapon charges.

"He had these new charges pending from where it occurred inside the prison," Lake County District Attorney Danny Goodman Jr. said.

Goodman stressed Drummond was released in September without community supervision, so the pending charges were "no different than anyone else who's on the street who receives a charge."

Drummond was given a bond and was reporting to court.

It's still unclear how Drummond reportedly got the contraband into the state prison.

Authorities did say he was in a romantic relationship with a close relative of the people he's accused of killing.

That girlfriend, according to a state HR file, was at one point a corrections officer at the same prison while Drummond was incarcerated. The file makes no mention of any reported relationship.

The only disciplinary issue listed is one that led to her firing last October, for not showing up to work.

The district attorney who oversees Jackson stressed to the parole board in 2020 Drummond was dangerous and a confirmed member of the Vice Lords gang.

During his time in prison, Drummond had more than two dozen disciplinary issues, including possession of a deadly weapon, assault, refusing a drug test and gang activity. WREG requested more information.

Drummond is now facing four counts of first-degree murder, one count of aggravated kidnapping and weapons offenses.

Giovonte Thomas, Tanaka Brown, and Dearrah Sanders were also charged with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder in connection with the manhunt for Drummond, according to officials. Brown also faces one count of tampering with evidence.

The bodies of 21-year-old James M. Wilson, 20-year-old Adrianna Williams, 38-year-old Cortney Rose, and 15-year-old Braydon Williams were discovered on July 29 along Carrington Road in Tiptonville, the TBI said. An infant — who was reportedly the daughter of Wilson and Adrianna, the granddaughter of Rose, and the niece of Braydon — was found safe on the front lawn of a random person's house in Dyer County several hours beforehand.

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