List of homicides in 1975

This is a List of homicides in 1975. Note that a "homicide" refers to the cause of death as determined by a medical examiner, not to the crime of murder as charged by prosecutors and determined by plea or trial.

Jefferson County

Bessemer

1. November 3: Ronald White, was abducted and shot to death off of Alabama State Highway 150 following a robbery of the Twenty-Ten Lounge (also called the Twin Dolphin) on 5th Avenue North. Danny Ray Mylar was also convicted and sentenced to life in prison. A second defendant, Samuel Yarber was convicted at trial and sentenced to life in prison, but his conviction was overturned on appeal. An agreement to avoid a retrial was reached, but rescinded due to objections from the victim's family. He was retried before Judge Charles Crowder in 1980.
2. November 3: Clarise Knabe, manager of the bar, was abducted, raped and killed in the same incident.

Birmingham

• __ homicides (list)

Hoover

• March 27: Jill Webber Scott was shot to death at her home in the Viewpoint (Longleaf) Apartments. She was pursuing divorce from her husband James Sullivan Jr. He was convicted of her murder and sentenced to life in prison. He appealed the conviction on the grounds that his voluntary statements to police should not have been used as evidence at trial because his mental state was impaired. His conviction was upheld by the Alabama State Supreme Court. He then appealed to the federal courts for a writ of habeus corpus, which was denied by the District Court and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. He was released before 1985. (report)

Tuscaloosa County

• 26 homicides

References

• Reeves, Wendy (January 1, 1996) "First murder of '95 unsolved" Tuscaloosa News
• Diel, Stan (November 7, 2007) "Protected killer denied parole." Birmingham News