The death of a 4-month-old girl this week in Alabama has been ruled a homicide. Birmingham Police said they were called to Children’s Hospital of Alabama on Thursday by hospital employees who said the infant was unresponsive when she was brought to the hospital in a private vehicle, WIAT reported. Autumn Duskin was pronounced dead …
An Alabama couple convicted of kidnapping a Birmingham toddler in 2019 have been sentenced to live in prison without parole. Patrick Stallworth and his girlfriend, Derick Brown, were found guilty last year on federal kidnapping leading to a death and conspiracy to kidnap charges. On Friday, they received a life sentence for each charge, to …
Two young men have been charged with murder in a drive-by shooting that killed a sleeping 12-year-old Alabama girl early Wednesday morning in Birmingham. Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said that Audrianna “Minnie” Pearson would have turned 13 next month and was a 7th grader at Erwin Middle School. Ja’Von Eric Wilson, 19, and Jarei Lamar …
Police in Alabama are asking for help finding a 50-year-old woman last seen at a Birmingham night club. Floriselda Milla Villanueva was reported missing on October 18 by family, who said she was last seen at about 8 p.m. on October 16 at El Centenario. Villanueva is described as 5 feet tall and about 140 …
Update: AL.com identified the victims as 62-year-old Cynthia Delane Burt and 3-year-old Desmond Burt Jr. A 31-year-old man is on a 48-hour hold for questioning but has not been charged. Original story: An elderly woman and a toddler were found dead in an Alabama home late Sunday afternoon. According to WBRC, officers were sent to …
A 25-year-old Alabama woman was found dead in her Hoover apartment Saturday morning after a family member checked on her when she failed to show for work on Friday. Police later arrested a suspect in Fultondale after a brief chase that also included an auto accident involving a police vehicle and an unrelated motorist, AL.com …
A 27-year-old Alabama woman last seen getting into a rideshare in June was found dead over the weekend in Birmingham. Jefferson County Coroner Bill Yates, who identified the skeletal remains using dental records, said that Angela Michelle Roberts’s cause of death may never be known. “When you have skeletal remains, it hampers our ability to …
Four Alabama SWAT officers were shot early Sunday morning when they tracked the suspect in a double homicide to a Birmingham apartment, where the suspect opened fire on them as they entered. Birmingham Police Sgt Rod Mauldin said the team returned fire and struck the suspect, killing him, according to AL.com. Police have not yet …
An Alabama woman charged with killing a 52-year-old grandmother while street racing was arrested early Wednesday morning in Atlanta after her bond was revoked in Birmingham. Carmesia Flannigan, 22, posted a pair of profanity-laced Facebook live videos in which she blamed the victim, home healthcare worker Brandy Ballard. Ballard had just left home on her …
A 22-year-old Alabama woman, charged with hitting a another car head-on while street racing and killing the driver, released a livestreamed a profanity-laced video on Facebook denying responsibility for the crash and instead blaming the 52-year-old grandmother who was behind the wheel of the other vehicle. Carmesia Flannigan has been charged with murder, leaving the …
UPDATE: The Birmingham Police Department reports that Jordian Valentine has been found safe. “ There will be no criminal charges filed in this case. The Birmingham Police Department has no further information to release at this time.” ORIGINAL STORY: Alabama authorities say they are expanding the search for a suburban Birmingham teenager who disappeared last …
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has added $5,000 from the state to the reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the shooting death of Birmingham toddler Major Turner earlier this month, WIAT reports. The 2-year-old was lying on the couch with his mother in the evening of February 4 when someone fired nearly …
