Investigators believe a body found near an Alabama state park over the weekend is that of a hiker who disappeared in the area in October. A hunter found the body on Saturday morning, about five miles northeast of Cheaha State Park, the Cleburne County Sheriff’s Department said. Investigators said evidence indicated the body is Vendula …
One person is dead and 12 more wounded by gunfire in a shooting at the homecoming celebration at Alabama’s Tuskegee University early Sunday morning. Four other people suffered injuries not related to gunshots, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. The fatality was an 18-year-old man not connected with the university, which canceled classes on Monday …
Detectives in Florida are seeking a murder warrant for an Orange County man for the death of his girlfriend, whose body was found last week in Georgia. Jorge Javier Quintero, 41, was located in Alabama, where he got into a confrontation with the US Marshals Service and was shot. He was hospitalized in critical condition …
An Alabama man was arrested last week after he kidnapped a woman, raped her, and then forced her into a “mock’ wedding ceremony on the steps of a church. Roy Lee Clowder has been charged with robbery, first-degree sexual abuse, resisting arrest, and first-degree kidnapping, according to WKRG. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office said said …
A Kentucky man has been charged with raping a 15-year-old girl after he drove to Alabama last month, pretended to be her father to check her out of school, and took the girl to an abandoned building, where he raped her. Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Sgt. Josh Casson said Justin Stephens likely met the the girl …
An unknown shooter opened fire into a vehicle leaving a youth football practice Tuesday night, wounding three people — two of them children. Birming Ham Police Sgt. LaQuitta Wade said that injuries to one of the children were “life threatening.” Both children were taken to Children’s Hospital, and the adult wounded was taken to University …
A woman accused of chasing her ex-boyfriend down and shooting him in front of a Texas police station early Friday morning was taken into custody nearly 12 hours later after a standoff on Interstate 65 in Alabama. The Bellaire Police Department in Texas said the incident began at about 2:30 a.m. when a report came …
An Alabama man wanted on multiple child sex abuse charges since his release on bond in August on other child sex abuse charges is finally back behind bars. The Mobile Police Department said Adam James Renk, 39, was charged in early August with sexual torture and sexual abuse of a child younger than 12 and …
East Alabama police are asking hikers along the Pinhoti Trail to be on the lookout for an Ohio woman who never returned from a hiking trip more than three weeks ago. The Cleburne County Sheriff’s Department said that Vendula “Wendy” Rose left her home in Marysville, Ohio, on September 20 and drove to the Dugger …
An Alabama plumber was arrested this week and charged with trying to hire a hitman to kill his wife and six adult children. Mohammad A.H. Mohammad, 63, was charged with use of interstate commerce in the commission of murder for hire in federal court, according to WBMA. The Hoover plumber met with a man he …
An Alabama man has been charged with murder in the death of a 27-year-old Birmingham woman who was found dead last week. Tremayne Dawon King, 34, was booked Tuesday for the murder of Maria Juan, whose family reported her missing early Friday morning, according to WTVM. Her body was found at The Hillside apartment complex …
Four poeople were killed and 17 wounded in a mass shooting outside a popular Alabama nightspot that police say may have been a very targeted murder for hire. The suspected target of the shooting was among the dead, Birmingham Police Chief Soctt Thurmond said Sunday morning, according to AL.com. “It wasn’t the location, it was …
