Michael Curtis Sentenced on Voluntary Manslaughter Conviction

Michael Curtis of Tullahoma was convicted Oct. 6, 2015 of voluntary manslaughter. He was accused of the brutal killing of Kayla Qualls Nov. 26, 2012 at his residence on General Street in Tullahoma and then placing her body in her SUV and driving it to an area on Spring Creek Road in Franklin County. Two men discovered Qualls’ body, the mother of Curtis’ grandchildren in the rear seat of her vehicle.
An autopsy revealed that she had been beaten to death.
On Wednesday (Jan 6) Curtis received his sentence. Judge Craig Johnson sent him to a state penitentiary to serve 6 years.