List of homicides in 2014

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This is a List of homicides in 2014, including homicide cases reported throughout the Birmingham District. At least 16 homicides have been reported in the area for the year 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.

Blount County

  1. January 13: Donald Clayten Whited, 66, was found dead inside a burning house on the 3900 block of Ebell Street in Oneonta. He was found with his hands tied and a gunshot wound. (report)
  2. February 8: Rhonette Harris Lyles, 77, was found dead in her home, which had been set on fire, on Moman Road in the Horton community. No arrest. A $10,000 reward for information leading to a conviction has been offered. (report)

Cullman County

  1. March 2: An unnamed 32-year-old woman was shot and killed at her home in the Berlin community. A male suspect was arrested at gunpoint at the scene, but has not yet been charged. (report)

Etowah County

  1. February 2: William Meadows, 38, was fatally wounded by gunshot at his girlfriend's home at College Manor Apartments in Gadsden. He died later at UAB Hospital. Tyree Young and Dexter Harris were arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)

Jefferson County

5, as of March 3

Birmingham

3 homicides. See List of Birmingham homicides in 2014 for details.

Fairfield

  1. January 14: Lionel Williams, 35, was shot to death while allegedly attempting to rob two other men in a room at the America's Best Hotel on Kelco Place. One of the two robbery victims was wounded by gunshot. Three women, believed to have been accomplices, were taken into custody pending charges. (report)

Unincorporated areas

  1. February 9: Morris Hill Witherspoon, Jr, 23, was killed in a gunfight at 400 block of 19th Terrace Northeast in an unincorporated area of the Center Point community. The suspects, who fled in a small white car, where taken into custody for questioning. No charges have been filed. (report)

Shelby County

  1. February 28: Jayden Allen, 19 months, was found dead in a burning car after a 1-vehicle crash on Alabama State Highway 119 at Kent Dairy Road in Alabaster. His mother, Sommer Nicole Wilford, was taken into custody at the scene and charged with reckless murder. (report)

St Clair County

  1. January 4: Allan Jordan, 30, was shot to death at his home on Logan Martin Dam Road in a domestic argument. His girlfriend, Candice Buckhanon, was arrested and charged with manslaughter. (report)
  2. January 7: Marquette Cummings, 21, in prison for the 2007 murder of Conoard Norris, was stabbed to death during a fight at the St Clair County Correctional Facility. Another inmate, Timothy Gayle, admitted to stabbing him in the face, but claims he acted in self defense. (report)
  3. March 1: An unnamed male was shot and killed in an argument on 2000-2500 block of Dry Creek Road in Pell City. The shooter has been identified and taken into custody, but not yet charged. (report)

Tuscaloosa County

  1. January 1: A 45-year-old woman was one of two women killed when her car was struck at the intersection of McFarland Boulevard and 15th Street in Tuscaloosa. The other car entered the intersection on a red light. The driver, KiAnthony Davis, fled on foot. After determining that alcohol and reckless driving were likely factors in the incident, Davis was charged with murder and later turned himself in. (report)
  2. January 1: A 22-year-old woman was killed in the same collision.
  3. January 30: Frederick Lee Blakely, 40, was shot to death following a race with another driver on I-20/59 southbound. Their cars collided and came to a stop near Exit 100 at Lake View. The suspect and driver of the other car, Roderick Dale Washington, Jr, was taken into custody at the scene and charged with capital murder. (report)