List of homicides in 2014

This is a List of homicides in 2014, including homicide cases reported throughout the Birmingham District. At least 54 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: Britni Lynn Champagne, 32, was killed by shotgun blast at her home in the Berlin community. Her boyfriend, Patrick Wesley Stallings, was arrested at gunpoint at the scene and later charged with murder. (report)
2. March 11: Hoss Wayne Benham, 1, died as a result of ongoing abuse, including being held underwater, forced to drink hot sauce, and subjected to apparent sexual abuse. His mother, Crystial Ballenger and her boyfriend, Jeffrey Brown, were charged with aggravated child abuse. (report)
3. June 8: Raymond Earl Brooks, 59, was shot to death at his parents' home in Berlin. Jay Maynor, the father of a girl Brooks had been convicted of sexually molesting in 2001, was arrested and charged with murder. Maynor was also charged with attempted murder for firing at his daughter's current boyfriend. (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)
2. March 8: Garry Alexander Stokes, 52, was found dead on the porch of his home on Hartford Street in Gadsden. A stab wound was found on his side. No arrest. (report)

Jefferson County

38, as of June 11

Adamsville

1. April 25: A pedestrian was struck by a pick-up truck and killed on Forestdale Boulevard near Hedgewood Drive in Adamsville. The driver, Joseph Pool, 32, was arrested at the scene and charged with manslaughter. (report)

Bessemer

1. April 26: A male victim was shot at Danny's Back Street Lounge at 810 4th Avenue North Bessemer during an argument, and pronounced dead at UAB West. A suspect was taken into custody at the scene. (report)

Birmingham

27 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)
2. March 16: An unnamed victim was found dead after a shooting on the 500 block of 52nd Street. No arrest. (report)
3. March 19: Megan Elizabeth Monroe, 22, was found burned in a fire behind a vacant home on the 500 block of 40th Street Fairfield. No arrest. (report)

Hueytown

1. April: Howard Arthur McKee, 66, was shot to death on the 1000 block of West Harlem Avenue. Romell Markee Cunningham and Kamal Dewayne Potts were arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)

Tarrant

1. February 28: Natasha Renee Osby, 18, was killed in a vehicle collision on the 1300 block of Spring Street. The driver, Craig Yarbrough, had several outstanding warrants and was fleeing from a traffic stop when he lost control of his Kia Optima and crashed into a tree. He was hospitalized with two broken legs and later charged with reckless manslaughter. (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)
2. March 16: Angelica Jones, 26, was shot to death at her home on the 500 block of McWaine Drive near McCalla in an apparent murder-suicide. Her former boyfriend, Eddie Bradford, 38, was found on the scene, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (report)
3. March 19: An unidentified male was found shot to death in a wooded area near Pratt Street and 3rd Street South just north of the Lipscomb city limits. No arrest. (report)
4. April 5: Ricky Lamon Jones, 42, was fatally wounded by gunshot at his cousin's apartment on the 100 block of 14th Avenue Northeast near Center Point. The cousin's husband apparently fought with him and was wounded before firing the fatal shot. He was taken into custody for questioning, but 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)
2. March 8: An unnamed male was shot to death by an Alexander City police officer responding to a fight outside the Huddle House at 4727 U.S. Highway 280. The Alabama Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the circumstances of the officer-involved shooting. (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)
4. January 7: Jodey Wayne Waldrop, 36, serving a life sentence for the 2005 murder of his infant son in Franklin County, was stabbed to death in his cell at the St Clair County Correctional Facility. The incident is under investigation. (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)