Wednesday, June 4, 2025

The Littleville Ambush

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  The annals of Colbert County, Alabama, hold a dark chapter from the summer of 1963—the brazen ambush and murder of Sheriff Hermon "Re...
Sunday, April 13, 2025

Three Years to Identify Her Body - 2025 Update

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  Courtney Vivian Staggs, mother of five, was living on Piedmont Street in Florence when she went missing in 2020. Also known as Courtney Ba...
Monday, February 10, 2025

The Murder of the Mayor's Son's Baby Mama

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  In October 2020, a mayoral runoff race was underway when local media began to receive communications from a woman who had a revelation abo...
Monday, January 20, 2025

The Body by the Side of the Road

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  She had no regular job.  Her parents were deceased, and h er boyfriend helped send her to jail. Did no one care that in death her body lay...
Friday, December 13, 2024

John Wesley Akin: From Habitat to Heroin - 12/24 Update

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From 2013: John Wesley Akin, 25, graduated from Birmingham Southern College in May 2010 with a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Bu...
Monday, August 26, 2024

Gene Weems: Missing & Declared Dead

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  On Thursday, June 5, 1997, Robert Eugene Weems walked away from his home on Julian Street in Petersville around 9:00 p.m. and has never of...
Monday, August 5, 2024

Murder on the Joe Wheeler Plantation

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  Murder at Pond Spring tells the story of the May 3, 1871, murder of Dandridge Thompson Galey (Gailey) by the brother-in-law of Gen. Joe W...