Derrol Shaw

Derrol Shaw (born 1988) is the confessed murderer of Walter Hill, Ryan Evans, John Martin, Evelyn Martin, all of whom were killed in June 2006.

Shaw began his spree with a series of carjackings starting in February 2006. He was convicted of both state and federal charges in the carjackings, and is also serving time for an attempted murder which took place during an apartment robbery.

According to prosecutors and Shaw's statement, he and Evans were accomplices in the Hill's murder. After Evans began talking about the crime and wearing and giving away jewelry stolen from Hill's house, Shaw confronted him at his grandparent's home. While they were arguing, Mrs Martin arrived home from church and came downstairs to investigate the commotion. Shaw grabbed her and shot Evans, then shot Mr & Mrs Martin and carried the bodies from the house. They were found months later in an overgrown ravine just off Alabama Highway 150 near Bessemer.

Shaw agreed to plead guilty to the four homicides during a January 2008 hearing. After a jury returns a verdict, he will be sentenced to life without parole.

References

• Velasco, Eric (January 14, 2008) "Derrol Shaw, 20, agrees to plead guilty to four Birmingham murders." Birmingham News.
• Velasco, Eric (January 16, 2008) "Derrol Shaw used and 81-year-old grandmother as a shield before shooting her and her grandson, trial testimony shows." [sic] Birmingham News.