TN: Collegedale teen indicted after admitting to killing sex offender ‘to serve justice’

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Source: local3news.com 10/30/26
[ACSOL note: Our community needs to know that those who harm a registrant will be held accountable.]

A Hamilton County grand jury has indicted the 18-year-old who admitted to killing a missing sex offender to “serve justice.”

Court documents that Local 3 News obtained show the jury indicted Kian Andrew Neal on Monday, October 26, for:

Murder in the first degree
Felony murder
Aggravated burglary
Abuse of a corpse
Tampering with evidence
Failure to exercise due care

Robert Locke, 56, had gone missing in late May. Neal told police that he used zip ties to choke Locke and a saw to dismember his body.

Neal said he disposed of the items used to commit the crime, as well as…

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Can’t cases like this be used as evidence in constitutional challenges to the registry? Specifically, could the registry’s publicly accessible nature help establish that the registry itself creates foreseeable safety risks for the very people it is supposed to monitor?

Last edited 2 hours ago by Bobby
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Another case of why the registry shouldn’t be public. Throw the book at the 18 even if it smacks the little sh*t upside the head. Give him life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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This is antithetical to the pursuit justice. This is barbarism.

Last edited 26 minutes ago by Po'd Registered Citizen
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