List of homicides in 2004
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This is a List of homicides in 2004, including all cases investigated in the Birmingham District.
This list is incomplete and may never satisfy any subjective standard for completeness. You can help Bhamwiki by expanding it.
Jefferson County
Bessemer
- 5 homicides
Birmingham
- 64 homicides (list)
Center Point
- Marlene Jason, 58, shot outside her car across the street from her home on 2nd Way Northwest. Montez Spradley was convicted of capital murder during an armed robbery, with the jury recommending a life sentence. [1]
Fairfield
- July 5: Krystal Bennett, 19, shot along with Terrin Greer in crossfire during gunfight at a BP Station on the 3600 block of Richard M. Scrushy Parkway in Fairfield. Tommy Rogers was convicted of reckless murder and sentenced to 60 years. Another suspect, Calvin Burns, was acquitted in his September 2005 trial.
- July 5: Terrin Greer, 17, shot along with Krystal Bennett in crossfire during gunfight at a BP Station on the 3600 block of Richard M. Scrushy Parkway in Fairfield. Tommy Rogers was convicted of reckless murder and sentenced to 60 years. Another suspect, Calvin Burns, was acquitted in his September 2005 trial.
- July: Jarvis Jenkins was shot to death in a car parked in a Fairfield alley. Alvin Beck was injured in the shooting. Sean Bias was convicted in January 2009 on the testimony of two witnesses. [2]
Hueytown
- October: Rebecca Jean Sampson, 26, had throat slashed by Adam Thrash, Jr. Thrash, 35, was sentenced to life without parole in January 2007.
- October: Sampson's son, Troy "Nate" Gann, 9, had throat slashed by Adam Thrash, Jr. Thrash, 35, was sentenced to life without parole in January 2007.
Talladega County
- November 11: Roscoe D. Anderson, III, 26, was found dead in front of his home on Marion Avenue in Sylacauga. Corry Averett, serving time in Atlanta on a weapons charge, was indicted for murder in August 2009. [3]
Responses
Sylvia Stone, the mother of victim Krystal Bennett and a worker at the Jefferson County Family Court, created a documentary film entitled "Violence + Vendettas = Victims" in partnership with Klearvision Productions and ABC 33/40. The film consists of interviews with young people on the street, with relatives of murder victims, and with Birmingham Police Chief Annetta Nunn.
References
- Gordon, Robert K. (April 17, 2007) "Deadly crossfire inspires 'Violence + Vendettas'." Birmingham News.