An Athens man accused of stabbing Rex Curry, 45, of Vonore to death at Notchey Creek Campground last month had his case bound over to a grand jury Tuesday.

Investigators said Harvey Brian Cochran, 37, was involved in a domestic dispute with his girlfriend at the campground during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

According to Monroe County Sheriff’s Office detectives, Curry came over to Cochran’s campground to diffuse the situation but Cochran stabbed him in the heart.

“It was one of the bloodiest scenes I ever dealt with,” veteran Detective Mike Morgan said.

Investigators do not believe the two men knew each other previously.

Detective Travis Jones said Cochran’s attorney during a preliminary hearing before Sessions Court Judge Reed Dixon argued for the case to be bound over to a grand jury on a second-degree murder charge but the judge bound it over on a first-degree charge.

Jones said it will then be up to a grand jury on whether or not to indict Cochran.

Jones said he expects the grand jury to hear the case in July.

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