Fannin County Chief Deputy Kirk McMurrey reports that at approximately 3:30 p.m. on September 4, 2010, the Fannin County Sheriff’s Office was contacted in reference to an assault and possible homicide in the vicinity of CR 2250.
Based on information provided by the assault victim, Deputies converged on a residence located at 3459 CR 2250 and discovered the body of Michael Davis of Telephone, Texas.
Through the course of the investigation, evidence was obtained which led to the arrest of Russell Brandon Lyles, a resident of Ivanhoe, Texas. Lyles was charged with murder and transported to the Fannin County Jail.
Davis’s body has been sent to the Collin County Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy.
Details of the case are still being investigated by the Fannin County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Rangers.
