List of homicides in 1999: Difference between revisions

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This is a List of homicides in 1999, including all cases investigated in the Birmingham District.

February 25: Desta Dodson Byrd, 29, was found shot to death near her driveway at Brierfield Estates. A .22 rifle was recovered on the scene, but investigators ruled out suicide based on the entry wound's location. Her husband, William Jody Byrd, was arrested and charged with her death in May 2011. He was convicted of murder before Circuit Court Judge Jack Meigs on November 1, 2013. (report)

August 5: Lee Holdbrooks, 32, was shot to death at Ferguson Enterprises in Pelham by delivery driver Alan Eugene Miller, who was convicted and sentenced to death.
August 5: Christopher Yancy, 28, was also killed by Miller at the same location.
August 5: Terry Jarvis, 39, was shot to death by Miller at Post Airgas, a previous employer also in Pelham.

September 23: Stephanie Collins was found dead on Moody Swamp Road in West Tuscaloosa. An acquaintance, Eric Horton, was suspected, but not located until he was found serving a drug sentence at the St Clair Correctional Facility. He was charged with murder in May 2009 and indicted by a grand jury. [1]

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 ==[[Bibb County]]==
-* [[February 25]]: Desta Dodson Byrd, 29, was found shot to death near her driveway at [[Brierfield Estates]]. A .22 rifle was recovered on the scene, but investigators ruled out suicide based on the entry wound's location. Her husband, William Jody Byrd, was arrested and charged with her death in May [[2011]]. He was indicted for capital murder by a Grand Jury, and the case went to trial in October [[2012]]. ([http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/10/trial_of_bibb_county_man_charg.html report])
+* [[February 25]]: Desta Dodson Byrd, 29, was found shot to death near her driveway at [[Brierfield Estates]]. A .22 rifle was recovered on the scene, but investigators ruled out suicide based on the entry wound's location. Her husband, William Jody Byrd, was arrested and charged with her death in May [[2011]]. He was convicted of murder before Circuit Court Judge [[Jack Meigs]] on November 1, 2013. ([http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/11/bibb_county_murder_verdict_par.html report])
 ==[[Jefferson County]]==