Brent Taylor Flatt, 23, was shot to death after being lured to a residence on Wildwood Drive in Cookeville, Tennessee, on December 20, 2020. He was taken to Cookeville Regional Medical Center but died of his injuries. A second person, Caleb Venable, was also reported as a shooting victim, transported to the hospital in a private vehicle and later treated and released.

Cookeville police arrested four people in connection with the killing: Isaac Sides, 20; Caleb Venable, 22; Haleigh Watkins, 20; and Kayla Cowen, 22. All were initially charged with first-degree murder and held without bond. Two defendants, Isaac Sides and Caleb Venable, later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received 35-year prison sentences. The cases against Haleigh Watkins and Kayla Cowen remained pending with trial dates not yet set. What information might help clarify who else was present that night or the motive behind the plan to rob Brent?