Man accused of killing mother and son arrested after being spotted pushing car into lake

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A 27-year-old man in Tennessee, accused of killing a 43-year-old mother and her 25-year-old son, was arrested over the weekend following a multi-county manhunt after he was spotted trying to push his car into a lake. "Agents obtained warrants for Payton Nations, charging him with two counts of First Degree Murder." After pushing the vehicle into the lake, the fisherman said the man fled the area on foot. At about 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, a resident in Silver Point, Tennessee, said his daughter recognized Nations and called 911. Troopers with the Tennessee Highway Patrol and deputies with the Putnam County Sheriff's Office took Nations into custody without incident and transported him to the Overton County Jail.