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===[[Kimberly]]===
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* [[January 1]]: Wilson W. Thompson was shot and killed by David Larry Nelson while he was engaged in oral sex with Nelson's girlfriend (who was also injured in the shooting). Nelson was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. His execution was twice stayed, and he died of natural causes while on death row at Holman Prison in November [[2009]]. ([http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/11/alabama_death_row_inmate_david.html report])
* [[January 1]]: Wilson W. Thompson was shot and killed by David Larry Nelson while he was engaged in oral sex with Nelson's girlfriend (who was also injured in the shooting). Nelson was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. His execution was twice stayed, and he died of natural causes while on death row at Holman Prison in November [[2009]]. ([http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/11/alabama_death_row_inmate_david.html report])
==[[Tuscaloosa County]]==
* [[April 15]]: Teresa Carol White was found strangled to death near [[Lake Nichol Dam]]. She had been reported missing and was last seen leaving the [[Supermarket Lounge]]. James Michael Hayes, a suspect in other attacks originating at the same bar, was indicted for capital murder in [[2013]]. ([http://www.alabamas13.com/story/21787261/man-arrested-in-1978-tuscaloosa-county-cold-case report])
* [[August 28]]: Regina Quarles was found strangled to death near [[Alabama State Highway 69]] near the [[Branscomb Apartments]]. She was last seen at a disco on [[Greensboro Avenue]] in [[Tuscaloosa]] three days earlier. James Michael Hayes was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison. ([http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20080311/NEWS/446473905 report])


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Revision as of 14:13, 25 March 2013

This is a List of homicides in 1978. It includes homicide cases occuring throughout the Birmingham area during the calendar year. Note that not all homicides are ultimately ruled to be murder in courts of law.

Jefferson County

Birmingham

Birmingham had ___ homicides in 1978. (list)

Fultondale

  • December 15: Ruth Burgett, 63, was found raped, stabbed and beaten to death. Her grandson, David Wayne Camper, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. His petitions for parole have been denied eight times since 1988. (report)

Kimberly

  • January 1: Wilson W. Thompson was shot and killed by David Larry Nelson while he was engaged in oral sex with Nelson's girlfriend (who was also injured in the shooting). Nelson was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. His execution was twice stayed, and he died of natural causes while on death row at Holman Prison in November 2009. (report)

Tuscaloosa County

References

  • Birmingham News reports accessed at the microfilm room of the Birmingham Public Library

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