From the West Alabama Newsroom– The verdict is in — in the trial of a Selma man accused in the death of a toddler. A jury convicted Tristan Dial of manslaughter in the case — after deliberating for less than an hour. Dial had been charged with murder in the death of the 23-month-old-child of a woman he was dating….
Police in Alabama have arrested the mother of a baby whose body was found inside a freezer in a hotel room. News outlets report 36-year-old Amanda Gail Oakes is charged with manslaughter and corpse abuse in the death of 6-month-old Curtis James Oakes. Police previously charged her 28-year-old boyfriend, Carlton James Mathis of Gainesville, Georgia, with murder in the child’s…
Demopolis Police are investigating a homicide after they say a small child claimed someone killed his mother. Demopolis Public Chief Tommie Reese said that a police officer was attempting to serve papers to someone at 1514 Queensbury Lane, when a small child in the residence stated that someone killed his mother. The officer found 29-year-old Shannon Sharell Steele in a…
On Friday, May 20 at approximately 1:30p.m. the Coosa County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from Liveoak Lane in the Stewartville Community. The caller stated that a small child had been hit by a vehicle at a residence. Emergency personnel were immediately dispatched to the scene. Sylacauga Ambulance Service transported the child to Coosa Valley Medical Center. Upon arrival at the…
Authorities are investigating a highway crash that claimed the life of a 4-year-old boy. The Montgomery Advertiser reports that the wreck happened Tuesday afternoon in Chilton County, about 9 miles south of Clanton. The Alabama Highway Patrol said the boy died after the car in which he was riding left the road and overturned. Authorities said the boy was sitting…
