List of homicides in 2013

This is a List of homicides in 2013, including homicide cases reported throughout the Birmingham District. At least 87 homicides have been reported in the area for the year to date. 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.

Bibb County

1. May 26: Steven Edward Geiman, 22, was stabbed to death at the Bibb County Correctional Facility in Brent. William D. Gilchrist is being held as a suspect. (report)

Calhoun County

1. July 26: Gregory Caver, 5, was brought to Stringfellow Memorial Hospital with breathing difficulties and later died at Children's Hospital. The coroner determined that the cause of death was homicide and his parents, Vonta Montrell McClellan and India Kimble, were charged with capital murder. (report)
2. August 9: A 4-month-old boy died in an unattended vehicle in the 400 block of Goode Road on the former Fort McClellan site. The child's mother, Katherine Papke, was arrested and charged with manslaughter. (report)

Hale County

1. May 21: Deanese Myles, 50, was shot to death at a home on 5th Avenue South in Akron. Another man was wounded in the incident. Charles Myles was arrested and charged with capital murder and attempted murder. (report)

Etowah County

1. March: Maliyah Lindsay, 20 months, died from apparent abuse in Gadsden. Her father, Stephon Lindsa,y was charged iwith capital murder. (report)
2. August 17: Billy Baker, 53, was shot to death, along with another victim, in a drive-by on Meighan Bridge in Gadsden. No arrest. (report)
3. August 17: Jobari Player, 35, was shot to death in the same incident. No arrest.

Jefferson County

66, as of August 18

Bessemer

1. March 15: Defarris Parham, 17, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head near Roosevelt Park and Davis Middle School. No arrest.
2. June 19: Jimmy Bernard Hannah, 28, was shot in the back at the Carolina Terrace apartments, and found dead soon afterward on the 3000 block of Exeter Avenue. One suspect is in custody and another is sought. (report)
3. July 15: James T. Hudson, Jr, 17, was shot to death on the 100 block of [[16th Street North Bessemer|16th Street North. No arrest. (report)

Birmingham

46 homicides. See List of Birmingham homicides in 2013 for details.

Fairfield

1. February 28: Nathaniel Williams, Jr, 28, was found shot to death in an alley between the 500 blocks of 55th and 56th Street near Miles College. He had been reported missing from his home at 320 Oakmont Street in Birmingham and there is evidence that he was assaulted there and then dumped in Fairfield. No arrest. (report)
2. July 5: Harold Gorden, 47, was found dead on the front porch of his abandoned former home at 4021 Court G. No arrest. (report)

Gardendale

1. January 11: Lisa Edison Greer, 52, died at UAB Hospital after being shot the previous night at her home on Country Meadow Drive. Her daughter, also injured by gunshot, identified her father, Terry Greer, as the shooter. Police responding to the daughter's call found Reverend Greer in the house, stabbing himself repeatedly. He was also hospitalized and later charged with murder and attempted murder. (report)

Homewood

1. March 3: Jvonte McKinslay Hines, 18, was shot to death at the Rodeway Inn at 260 Oxmoor Road during an altercation between two groups. Derrick Leimon Sailes, Jr was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
2. July 23: Karen Louise Shahan, 52, was found dead in her home on Hugh Circle. No arrest. (report)

Hoover

1. January 21: Nicholas Taylor Schneider, 23, was found dead after a reported shooting at 860 Tyler Circle in the Ashford Townhomes in Bluff Park. No arrest. (report)
2. March 19: Kimberly Jamison Ozburn, 39, was found stabbed to death at a home at 2305 Queensview Road. The homeowner, Jimmy Lee Frizzell, 55, was found shot to death, apparently having committed suicide after killing Ozburn in a domestic argument. (report)

Midfield

1. May 9: Gregory Scott Dockins, 42, was shot to death in a home on Swann Drive. He was reportedly shot by the owner of the home during a burglary attempt. (report)

Mountain Brook

1. February 23: Nicole Elizabeth Allbrook, 24, was killed when the 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe she was riding in crashed on the 4200 block of Old Leeds Road. The driver, Dustin Wayne Day, was charged with manslaughter. (report)

Unincorporated areas

1. January 5: Charles Erskin Smothers, 40, was found shot to death on the roadside on the 2200 block of Shady Grove Road in Adamsville. His burned car was found later on Woodruff Mill Road. The victim's cousin,Jesse Lee Boyd, who had argued with Smothers over a game console a week prior and claimed to have discovered the body, was charged with murder and theft of property. (report)
2. March 20: Tiffany Bozeman, 30, was found dead at her apartment in The Park at Rocky Ridge. Her daughter was also found dead at the scene, and her 5-year-old son was injured by gunfire. Bozeman's boyfriend, Brandon Menefee, 30, was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in his car the same day in Fairfield. Investigators determined that the case was a double murder-suicide (report)
3. March 20: Gabrielle Menefee, 3, Bozeman's daughter, was killed in the same incident.
4. March 20: The body of Floyd Thomas Carlee, 54, reported missing on July 29, 2012, was found in the Warrior River near Oak Grove. Investigators believe he was beaten and robbed at his home on 4th Avenue Bessemer before his body was dumped in the river. Corey Steven Clark and Christopher Lee Baughn were arrested in April 2013 and charged with murder. (report)
5. May 7: A woman walking her dog on Shady Crest Road near Adamsville at 12:15 AM shot and killed her boyfriend's stepson, Demetrius Antuan Thompson, 21. She told investigators that she had seen a man run by the house and went inside to get a gun. When she came back out, he was walking toward her and ignored her warnings to stop. Prosecutors decided not to charge her with any crime. (report)
6. May 19: Anthony Jones, 54, was stabbed to death by a fellow inmate at the Donaldson Correctional Facility in western Jefferson County. Albert James Evans, who is serving life without parole for attempted murder, was identified as the suspect. (report)
7. June 6: Romaine Dontrey Witherspoon, 33, was shot to death in his front yard on the 400 block of Hillside Avenue in Muscoda. Paudriciquez Montez Fuller, who had been involved in an ongoing dispute with Witherspoon, was charged with capital murder and turned himself in. (report)
8. June 25: The body of Gary Anthony Cade, 25, was found below a bridge on Glasgow Road at Gildersleeve Road near Edgewater. Cade had been reported missing five days earlier. Markus Timothy Curry and Kenarius Deandre Butler were arrested and charged with robbery and murder. (report)

Shelby County

1. January 16: Karen Lewis, 39, was killed when her 2004 Ford Escape was hit head-on by a 1996 Ford Explorer being driven in the wrong lane on Shelby County Highway 26 just east of Alabaster by Drew Graham. He was charged with reckless murder and assault. (report)

St Clair County

1. March 29: George Edward Mostella, 48, was stabbed to death on Danny's Drive in Ashville after a fight. Austin Turner was arrested as a suspect in the death. (report)
2. May 18: Marla Keith Beasley, 39, was killed from injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash at M. A. Lee Road and Park Avenue in Moody. Marvin Dewayne Bates, 45, was charged with manslaughter for causing her death. (report)
3. June 19: Lindsey Michelle Love, 29, was found dead at her home on the 100 block of 31st Street North in Pell City. Her brother, Brett Christopher Love, was arrested as a suspect. (report)

Talladega County

• March 12: Cameron Gardener McGlothan, 19, was found dead on the side of Sycamore Cemetery Road in Sycamore a week after he was reported missing from his home in the Highland Lakes subdivision in Shelby County. Justin Hamilton of Chelsea and Demarcus Samuels of Sylacauga were arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
• May 3: Cody Allen Rollins, 2, was found dead from apparent trauma at a home on Pecanwood Drive in Oxford. Bryan Butts was arrested and charged with capital murder. (report)
• May 18: A 3-year-old child died after falling out of a Mercury Mountaineer driven by his mother, Rymeshia Williams. She was arrested and charged with manslaughter. (report)

Tuscaloosa County

1. February 24: Kate Ragsdale, 73, was found dead at her home in The Highlands subdivision. No arrest. (report)
2. April 9: Matthew Hunter Callahan, 17, was shot to death at his apartment in the River Road Condominiums in Tuscaloosa during an apparent robbery. Kiunte "Felon" Furr and Timothy "Junior" Thornton were arrested and charged with capital murder.
3. July 12: Roy Sewell, 71, was shot to death at his house on Dyers Court in Northport near the Tuscaloosa Regional Airport while engaged in a shootout with his neighbor in a dispute over a fence. Investigators determined that the neighbor acted in self defense. (report)
4. July 15: Jerry Kyandre Little, 20, was killed in a gunfight on 1600 block of 43rd Court in West Tuscaloosa near Stillman College. Jeffery Dwayne Jackson was arrested and charged with murder. (report)
5. July: Antonio Williams, 30, was reported missing by family members. Alexius Foster was arrested and charged with attempted murder in the disappearance. The charge was upgraded to murder when evidence of Williams' death turned up in the investigation. (report)

Walker County

1. May 10: Darren K. Wilcock, 42, was killed when a car driven by Manuel Gutierrez, an undocumented immigrant, collided with two motorcycles at Arrow Road and Highway 118 in Jasper. Gutierrez was charged with first-degree assault with additional charges pending. (report)