Fugitive from three states at large: The criminal career of Joshua Zimmerman
“This was a career criminal,” DeSoto County Sheriff Thomas Tuggle II said at a press conference about the multi-agency manhunt for Joshua Zimmerman. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Zimmerman is wanted by authorities in at least three states, including Texas for the 2023 murder of Keyanna Shantall Mercer in Houston.
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Rob Moore
Rob Moore covers North Mississippi for The Daily Memphian. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English from The University of Memphis.
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