The man accused of killing a father and son at their family business in nearby Static, Tennessee in July of 2014 has been indicted by a Pickett County Grand Jury in relation to those murders.

According to a short article in the February 25, 2016 edition of the Pickett County Press listing indictments returned, the grand jury there met on January 4 of this year and indicted Joshua Clay Pyles, 36, of Monticello, Ky. on two counts of premeditated first degree murder and two counts of felony murder.

The indictments stem from the late night July 30, 2014 murder of father and son, Dannie and Cody Dowdy, who were gunned down in the package store/bar they owned right around closing time. The motive apparently being that Pyles was going to rob the business, which is located just across the Kentucky-Tennessee State line adjoining Clinton County.

According to recent published reports, Pyles’ case had been bound over the grand jury and according to the report in the Pickett Press, he remains lodged–apparently without bond–in the Putman County Jail in Cookeville, Tennessee.

During a recent report in the Cookeville Herald-Citizen, more details of the crime was learned during a preliminary hearing held for the defendant in Cookeville in late January.

According to the Herald-News account, Pyles was reported to have told a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) agent that, “No amount of money is worth what I’ve done,” after he was arrested the day following the investigation into the double murder case.

Dannie Dowdy, 58, and Cody Dowdy, 22, were co-owners of the Sugar Shack and were reportedly alone in the establishment, about to close for the night, when Pyles allegedly entered the business with a handgun and killed both men.

Pyles reportedly told authorities that he began considering committing a robbery because he was having financial difficulties and his son had become ill.

After killing the two men, he told authorities he grabbed about $400 out of the cash drawer and fled the scene, but later began to feel remorse over what he had done and allegedly “threw it (money) in the lake.”

Investigating officers testified at the hearing that Pyles claimed to have panicked, first shooting Dannie Dowdy, then as his state of panic increased, he turned the gun on Cody Dowdy.

Pyles allegedly told investigators after his arrest that he “shot him again so he wouldn’t suffer,” then shot Dannie Dowdy again a second time before leaving.

Testimony at the hearing was provided by TBI Special Agent Billy Miller, who said Pyles made the statements the day after the bodies were discovered. He also testified Pyles had said, “being put to death would be the only way to make amends.”

Pyles had initially waived preliminary hearings, but is now being represented by a third attorney, who had sought the hearing on his client’s behalf.

Both victims were well-known in the area, on both sides of the state line, and several family members currently reside in Clinton County.