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This is a '''List of homicides in 2001''' including the entire [[Birmingham area]] during [[2001]]. 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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==Etowah County==
# [[September 9]]: Jose Abaristo Garcia was shot to death in front of the old [[Dixon Trailer Park]] on Country Club Road in [[Attalla]]. Antonio Franco was indicted in [[2002]], but was not captured at the time. He was subsequently arrested in Missouri and Arkansas, but used false identification. He was captured by U. S. Marshals in Dallas, Texas in February [[2011]]. ([http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/03/arrest_made_in_2001_etowah_cou.html report])

==Jefferson County==
===[[Bessemer]]===
* [[February 18]]: Janet Jones Luxford, 40, of Jacksonville, Florida, was killed at a motel on [[9th Avenue Southwest Bessemer]] and her body dumped off the [[Harmer Street]] bridge over [[Valley Creek]] in [[Brighton]]. Her mother filed a formal missing persons report with the Napa, California Police Department in September 2002. Brian Edward Jones, a former trucker who claimed to have been in a relationship with Luxford, confessed to [[Bessemer Police Department|Bessemer Police]] in March [[2022]]. He explained that he didn't want his parents to know about his crime, but after they died in [[2021]] he wanted to ease his conscience and allow Luxford a proper burial. Jones was charged with murder and abuse of a corpse. ([https://www.al.com/news/2022/04/woman-whose-mother-was-found-dead-in-suitcase-21-years-after-her-alabama-murder-hopes-for-justice-i-lost-everything-of-my-childhood.html report])

===[[Birmingham]]===
* See ([[List of Birmingham homicides in 2001|list]])

===[[Fairfield]]===
* [[January 5]]: Herman "Chip" Palmore Jr.,19, was found shot to death in an alley.  
* [[September 22]]: Patricia Ward Mason, 31, killed along with five others in an apartment fire at 3232 [[66th Street Fairfield|66th Street]] ({{Locate_address_inline|address=3232+66th+St|city=Fairfield}}). The fire was deliberately set by Johnny Gibson, an ex-boyfriend. Gibson pleaded guilty to felony murder and is serving six life sentences. Zeta Labbous Sheppard of Jonesboro, Georgia was also charged with capital murder. He pleaded instead to making false statements and prosecutors determined there was insufficient evidence to pursue higher charges. [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/08/man_pleads_guilty_to_making_fa.html]
* [[September 22]]: James Elmore, 29, another of the six killed in an apartment fire at 3232 [[66th Street Fairfield|66th Street]].
* [[September 22]]: Robert L. Mason V, 14, another of the six killed in an apartment fire at 3232 [[66th Street Fairfield|66th Street]].
* [[September 22]]: Shamika Barrett, 9, another of the six killed in an apartment fire at 3232 [[66th Street Fairfield|66th Street]].
* [[September 22]]: James Elmore III, 6, another of the six killed in an apartment fire at 3232 [[66th Street Fairfield|66th Street]].
* [[September 22]]: Carlos Tate, 2, another of the six killed in an apartment fire at 3232 [[66th Street Fairfield|66th Street]].

===[[Hueytown]]===
* [[October 19]]: Betty Kirkpatrick, 66, was smothered and nearly decapitated with a kitchen knife during a robbery in her manufactured home. Michael Lee Brown was convicted and sentenced to death in [[2004]]. [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/10/the_alabama_supreme_court_toda.html]

===[[Mulga]]===
* [[September 9]]: Jackstin Dannard "Jack" Hunter, 18, was found shot to death alongside a road. He had apparently been kidnapped from his home in [[Ensley]] and robbed. His mother, [[Regina Carr-Hope|Regina Hunter]], a school principal, received 2:00 phone call demanding a ransom before his body was found. Meyana Hardy was charged in connection with murder. Phillip Spencer and Arthur Love were charged with capital murder. Love pleaded guilty and testified against his accomplices in exchange for a 25-year sentence. Hardy was convicted and sentenced to 25 years. Spencer was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole. ([https://www.al.com/news/2017/01/danny_carr_a_son_of_ensley_aim.html report])

===[[Pleasant Grove]]===
*  [[April 8]]: [[Jimmy Hill]], 41, a Pleasant Grove [[Hill's Foodland|grocer]], died from injuries sustained on [[April 7]] by a brutal baseball bat beating.  Teenagers Mark Harper, Jeremy Cain, and Zachary Cain were convicted of murder.  A fourth teen, Chris Stano, recieved probation for his role. 
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==[[Lee County]]==
* [[September 28]]: Tramaris "Stank" Bryant, 24, was killed in a double homicide at his mobile home in [[Opelika]]. No arrest. ([https://www.al.com/news/montgomery/2021/10/family-still-looking-for-answers-in-2001-opelika-double-homicide.html report])
* September 28: Tyrone "Winchie" Brooks, 28, was killed in the same incident.

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