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.