Two persons were bound over to the April term of the Weakley County Grand Jury following a preliminary hearing in Weakley County General Sessions Court on Wednesday, January 25. The murder occurred on July 10 in Weakley County near McKenzie.

The preliminary hearing was originally scheduled for November 22 in General Sessions Court, but was rescheduled to December 20 and then later rescheduled to January 25. The delay in having the preliminary hearing was reported to be due to multiple changes in defense counsel for one of the defendants, Tiffany Grogan.

Grogan, age 28, a resident of the Dresden area at the time of the crimes, and Julien De Mone Hardin, age 36, from Mobile, Alabama, were each charged with first degree murder and especially aggravated robbery in connection with the July 10, 2022 shooting death and robbery of 49-year old Terry Beard of Milan.

The murder and robbery charges allege that the two defendants were responsible for shooting Beard and leaving him to die on the side of a rural road near McKenzie. The cause of death was reported to have been the result of a gunshot wound to the chest of Beard.

Hardin was reportedly responsible for firing the fatal shot from a handgun that was stated to have been brought to the scene by Grogan. The two defendants were reported to have drove to Milan to pick Beard up and then returned to McKenzie before driving to the rural road with Beard where the murder and robbery occurred. Hardin and Grogan fled the scene following the shooting and Beard was found deceased lying partially in the road at the intersection of Bell Store and Patterson Roads, where the shooting occurred. Grogan was arrested by the Weakley County Sheriff’s Department the following day and Hardin was charged a couple of days later when he was located in Weakley County.

Hardin is currently being held in the Weakley County Detention Center in lieu of bond pending his arraignment in Weakley County Circuit Court in April.

Grogan was originally free on a bond of $250,000 set by the Weakley County General Sessions Court pending the preliminary hearing on the murder and robber charge. She likewise had charges pending in Henry County for which she made bond following the posting of bond in Weakley County. However, the Times has learned that Grogan’s bond was subsequently revoked in Henry County and she was being held in the Henry County Detention Center at the time of the preliminary hearing. If the pending child abuse charges are resolved in Henry County, Grogan’s bond status will be reviewed in Weakley County to determine whether the bond amount should be raised or lowered or even completely revoked.

Background information states that Beard may have previously lived in Chattanooga and Jackson, Tennessee.