The following accounts of the Jessica Broadfoot murder, investigation, and legal proceedings originally appeared in Pen-N-Sword and have been used with permission:
May 8 – Arrested outside Atlanta for DUI
May 13 – With victim in motel room
June 27 – Posted on Facebook: I had one of my retarded exs texting me every five seconds last night.
June 29 – Found wearing bloody clothes in truck with knife, both also soaked in blood.
The day after Jessica Bevis-Broadfoot’s 2013 death, Homajean Grisham III was charged with Felony Murder. Today those charges in the brutal stabbing death have been upgraded to Capital Murder. Grisham has given a brief confession to authorities, but it remains to be seen if he will claim self-defense or insanity or other plea that will necessitate a trial. His chance at 1.5 million dollar bail has now been revoked and he will not see freedom unless acquitted at the trial to be scheduled later.
May 13 – With victim in motel room
June 27 – Posted on Facebook: I had one of my retarded exs texting me every five seconds last night.
June 29 – Found wearing bloody clothes in truck with knife, both also soaked in blood.
The day after Jessica Bevis-Broadfoot’s 2013 death, Homajean Grisham III was charged with Felony Murder. Today those charges in the brutal stabbing death have been upgraded to Capital Murder. Grisham has given a brief confession to authorities, but it remains to be seen if he will claim self-defense or insanity or other plea that will necessitate a trial. His chance at 1.5 million dollar bail has now been revoked and he will not see freedom unless acquitted at the trial to be scheduled later.
The Arrest:
The father of a nine year old girl from a previous relationship, Homajean preferred to be called Lee or his nickname “Danger.” Standing over six feet tall and weighing 200 pounds, Grisham could obviously be a danger if he so intended. Authorities state that Bevis-Broadfoot was beaten as well as stabbed.
Public records show that Homajean III was named for his grandfather, a co-owner of a large building supply store in Cherokee as well as a director with both Farm Bureau and Colonial Bank. He was also the first Shoals resident to be appointed to the Alabama Forestry Commission. Homajean Sr., who passed away in January 1989, also lends his name to a Northwest Shoals Community College scholarship for deserving graduates of Cherokee High School. It would appear that just having the same name was not enough to lead his grandson down a productive path.
Grisham is now being held in the Colbert County Jail on bail of 1.5 million dollars. This could be lowered early next week if his attorneys manage to schedule a reduction hearing. The amount is possibly this high due to his family’s assets making the prospect of flight extremely plausible.
Danger Had Many Faces:
Today is alleged killer Homajean “Danger” Grisham’s 35th birthday. He’ll be spending it in jail unless his family can come up with 1.5 million in bail. Danger’s Facebook page has a collection of snapshots of the Colbert County farming heir, most of them along the same theme. Besides these more prosaic shots, there’s also a photo of his crotch and a German Shepherd urinating on a scantily clad woman.
Homagean Grisham III, sometimes known as “Lee” or “Danger,” now faces a grand jury in the stabbing death of his on-again off-again girlfriend Jessica Bevis Broadfoot. PNS has learned that on the night she last saw Grisham, Broadfoot left her cell phone with her mother to keep. She reportedly stated that Grisham would scroll through her recent calls and become angered if she had contact with any males he didn’t know.
Authorities in California have indicated they will not extradite Grisham on pending charges of drug trafficking; however, they may reopen an investigation into the death of Grisham’s former girlfriend who died of a drug overdose while he was in the process of tying up loose ends at his former residence.
Homajean Grisham III may have been living a small town life at his family farm in Cherokee, but he had recently been residing as far from that Colbert County town as possible. It was only a matter of months ago that Grisham was living in Costa Mesa, California, where he ran afoul of the law for a crime of violence. On probation, Grisham returned to north Alabama where his parents and two children live.
Sources say it was Grisham’s father, Homajean Jr. aka Butch, who reported the murder of Jessica Bevis Broadfoot to authorities. When found, Grisham was reportedly covered in his girlfriend’s blood, as was the interior of his truck. Officers reported finding a bloody knife in his vehicle, as well as a second knife covered in blood lying by the victim’s body. It’s believed that Grisham’s record of violence is such that prosecutors can obtain a sentence of Life Without Parole even if Grisham is charged with only Felony Murder.
A Plea:
Such defenses rarely do save a defendant, but what does it mean? From a legal website: A person is considered insane and is not responsible for criminal conduct if, at the time of the offense, as a result of a severe mental disease or defect, he was unable to appreciate the nature and quality or the wrongfulness of his acts. Grisham’s trial date has not yet been set.
A Sentence:
Cherokee native Homajean Grisham III has accepted a plea deal in the Colbert County murder of his girlfriend Jessica Nicole Bevis Broadfoot. Grisham will be sentenced to 30 years and be given time for the almost three years he has served while awaiting trial.
The 37 year old Grisham will be eligible for parole consideration in seven years; however, any early release will almost surely be opposed by the Colbert County district attorney’s office.
A New Reality for Danger:
Grisham, now 39, pleaded guilty to Felony Murder in Colbert County in May of last year. The Cherokee man received a 30 year sentence in the death of his girlfriend Jessica Broadfoot, for which he receives no Correctional Incentive Time. He will be eligible for parole at some point, but no date has yet been set. His end of sentence date is June 22, 2043. Assuming Danger Grisham doesn’t make parole, he will be 65 years old when he returns to his North Alabama home.
