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Shooting suspect found with cows’ help: “The credit for the bust is going to the bovines.

A tip on the whereabouts of Parker Ray Elliott, suspected of fatally shooting his ex-wife and daughter and wounding his son, had led authorities Monday to search near a Maury County farm.

‘I saw four or five cows by a barn,’ said state parks employee Shane Petty, who was tracking Elliott with his bloodhound. ‘I knew those cows should have been looking at me, since I had just come into the area, but they were looking over into the woods, so I knew that’s where he was.’”