Juvenile Defendant Transferred to Adult Court in Murder of MSCS Employee

Shelby County, TN – After the Shelby County DA’s Office filed a motion to transfer 17-year-old Estes Anderson to adult court in October 2024, Juvenile Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon granted the request today. Anderson now faces charges of second-degree murder and abuse of a corpse.

Larry Thorn, a 27-year-old secretary at A. Maceo Walker Middle School, was found fatally shot in January 2023 behind a church on the 1400 block of Gold Avenue in South Memphis.

The decision to transfer Anderson to adult court underscores the severity of the charges and reinforces the commitment to ensuring justice for the victim and the Memphis community. The case will now proceed in adult criminal court.