List of homicides in 2005: Difference between revisions

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This is a List of Jefferson County homicides in 2005.

5 homicides:

May: Willie Burrough, 18, found dead from gunshot inside apartment on 400 block of 34th Street South. Martez Sanders sanders pleaded guilty on September 10, 2007 and was sentenced to 20 years. [1]
August 5: Eric "Candy Man" Cheatham,22, was gunned down in his grandmother's home. His brother, Gregory Cheatham,18,was charged with murder, but charges was later dismissed.

May: The burned body of Camella July, 22, of Center Point was found near Slope Drive in the Mulga area. Reginald Davis was convicted in 2007 of intentional murder and sentenced to life. [2]
Tyler Vaughan, 20, stabbed to death at a hangout spot near the Warrior River. Brandon McCombs was charged with murder, but convicted on the lesser charge of manslaughter and sentenced to 20 years. That conviction was reversed by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals after McCombs' lawyer, Buddy Armstrong was indicted for perjury, having admitted that he advised McCombs to falsify testimony. The case will be re-tried. [3]

July 28: George Lewis, Jr, was closing the King George Bar on 3rd Avenue West for the night when he was allegedly shot and killed by Steven Phillips. [4]

October 6: Tyler Carter, 19, found shot with another victim in a car parked outside the home of John Ashley. Ashley and his girlfriend Carley Taylor were charged. Taylor was convicted of felony murder. Ashley was charged with three counts of capital murder. Two were dismissed during trial, but he was convicted on the third count. Taylor was sentenced to 20 years, all but five of which were suspended. Ashley was sentenced to life without parole. [5]
October 6: Alexander Lee, 18, the second victim in the shooting of Tyler Carter (above)

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 homicides:
 * May: Willie Burrough, 18, found dead from gunshot inside apartment on 400 block of [[34th Street South Bessemer|34th Street South]]. Martez Sanders sanders pleaded guilty on [[September 10]], [[2007]] and was sentenced to 20 years. [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2007/09/man_pleads_guilty_to_birmingha.html]
-* Aug 5: Eric "Candy Man" Cheatham was gunned down in his grandmother's home.  His brother, Gregory Cheatham was charged with murder, but charges was later dismissed.
+* August 5: Eric "Candy Man" Cheatham,22, was gunned down in his grandmother's home.  His brother, Gregory Cheatham,18,was charged with murder, but charges was later dismissed.
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