America's Best Inn: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
mNo edit summary |
Patriarca12 (talk | contribs) (Birmingham Airport Motel was a different operation located adjacent to the main terminal and since demolished) |
||
| (7 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[Image:Airport Inn.JPG|right| | [[Image:Airport Inn.JPG|right|450px|thumb|America's Best Inn, February 2011]] | ||
'''America's Best Inn''' is a 143 room motel located at 5101 [[Messer Airport Highway]] near the [[Birmingham International Airport]]. | '''America's Best Inn''' (previously the '''Days Inn Birmingham''') is a 143 room motel located at 5101 [[Messer Airport Highway]] near the [[Birmingham International Airport]]. | ||
The motel, then known as '''Airport Inn Motel''', was the site of a triple homicide during a robbery over the Thanksgiving holiday in [[List of Birmingham homicides in 2005|2005]]. Brandon Deon Mitchell was convicted of the murder of Kim Olney, 28 (the desk clerk), John Aylesworth, 42 (a truck driver), and Dorothy Smith, 58, who was visiting from Queens, New York. | The motel, then known as '''Airport Inn Motel''', was the site of a triple homicide during a robbery over the Thanksgiving holiday in [[List of Birmingham homicides in 2005|2005]]. Brandon Deon Mitchell was convicted of the murder of Kim Olney, 28 (the desk clerk), John Aylesworth, 42 (a truck driver), and Dorothy Smith, 58, who was visiting from Queens, New York. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* Velasco, Eric (November 18, 2006) "Mitchell's jury urges life term in slayings." | * Velasco, Eric (November 18, 2006) "Mitchell's jury urges life term in slayings." {{BN}} | ||
[[Category:Motels]] | [[Category:Motels]] | ||
[[Category:Messer Airport Highway | [[Category:Messer Airport Highway]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:40, 20 April 2023
America's Best Inn (previously the Days Inn Birmingham) is a 143 room motel located at 5101 Messer Airport Highway near the Birmingham International Airport.
The motel, then known as Airport Inn Motel, was the site of a triple homicide during a robbery over the Thanksgiving holiday in 2005. Brandon Deon Mitchell was convicted of the murder of Kim Olney, 28 (the desk clerk), John Aylesworth, 42 (a truck driver), and Dorothy Smith, 58, who was visiting from Queens, New York.
References
- Velasco, Eric (November 18, 2006) "Mitchell's jury urges life term in slayings." The Birmingham News