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* [[February 15]]: Alan Bates and his second wife, Terra, were shot by his ex-wife [[Jessica McCord]] and her husband [[Jeff McCord|Jeff]] and in their home. The Bateses, in town to give depositions in a custody battle for Alana and Jessica's two daughters, came to the McCord home to pick the girls up for a weekend trip. Their bodies were found in their burned rental car in rural Morgan County, Georgia. Jessica was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life without parole. Jeff, a [[Pelham Police Department|Pelham police]] officer, later pleaded guilty and was given the same sentence. | * [[February 15]]: Alan Bates and his second wife, Terra, were shot by his ex-wife [[Jessica McCord]] and her husband [[Jeff McCord|Jeff]] and in their home. The Bateses, in town to give depositions in a custody battle for Alana and Jessica's two daughters, came to the McCord home to pick the girls up for a weekend trip. Their bodies were found in their burned rental car in rural Morgan County, Georgia. Jessica was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life without parole. Jeff, a [[Pelham Police Department|Pelham police]] officer, later pleaded guilty and was given the same sentence. | ||
* [[February 15]]: Terra Bates was the second victim of the same crime. | * [[February 15]]: Terra Bates was the second victim of the same crime. | ||
* [[November 19]]: Sean Joyner, 17, was stabbed to death at [[Hoover High School]]. Classmate Ricky Reynolds was arrested and charged with murder. He claimed self-defense, but was convicted of reckless manslaughter and sentenced to the maximum of 20 years' imprisonment. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 13:41, 23 August 2010
This is a List of homicides in 2002 including the entire Birmingham area during 2002. Note that a "homicide" refers to the cause of death as determined by a medical examiner, not to the commission of the crime of murder as charged by prosecutors.
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Jefferson County
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Hoover
- February 15: Alan Bates and his second wife, Terra, were shot by his ex-wife Jessica McCord and her husband Jeff and in their home. The Bateses, in town to give depositions in a custody battle for Alana and Jessica's two daughters, came to the McCord home to pick the girls up for a weekend trip. Their bodies were found in their burned rental car in rural Morgan County, Georgia. Jessica was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life without parole. Jeff, a Pelham police officer, later pleaded guilty and was given the same sentence.
- February 15: Terra Bates was the second victim of the same crime.
- November 19: Sean Joyner, 17, was stabbed to death at Hoover High School. Classmate Ricky Reynolds was arrested and charged with murder. He claimed self-defense, but was convicted of reckless manslaughter and sentenced to the maximum of 20 years' imprisonment.
References
- Robinson, Carol (February 12, 2003) "Prosecutor: McCords lured Bates couple into death trap." Birmingham News