Henderson County murder suspect arrested in California

U.S. Marshals Capture West Tennessee Murder Fugitive in California

Henderson County, TN – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) in the Western  District of Tennessee and the Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force in California joined to capture a fugitive, Blake Allen Troutman, 26, who was wanted  for Second Degree Murder in Tennessee.  

On July 30th, 2024, a warrant was issued for the arrest of Blake Troutman out of  Henderson County Circuit Court in Tennessee. It is alleged that Troutman sold  narcotics laced with fentanyl resulting in the death of a 21-year-old woman. The USMS Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force (TRVFTF) in Jackson adopted the  case the same day. Deputy marshals determined that Troutman had fled Tennessee to California and provided investigative leads to the Pacific  Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force in Los Angeles. 

On October 2nd, Deputy marshals from the task force tracked Troutman to a gas  station in Orange City near Anaheim and took him into custody. He will be held at  a detention facility pending extradition back to Tennessee. 

The U.S. Marshals Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force is a multi-agency task force within Western  Tennessee. The TRVFTF has offices in Memphis and Jackson, and its membership is primarily  composed of Deputy U.S. Marshals, Shelby, Fayette, and Tipton County Sheriff’s Deputies, Memphis  and Jackson Police Officers, the Tennessee Department of Correction Special Agents and the  Tennessee Highway Patrol. Since 2021, the TRVFTF has captured over 2,600 violent offenders and  sexual predators. 

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