Murder-Suicide

Domestic violence murder suicide stuns Selma community

From the West Alabama Newsroom– A fatal domestic violence incident over the Labor Day weekend — stuns people around the Selma community. A 911 emergency call Saturday lead authorities to a house on the 300 block of Old Marion Junction Road where they found two people dead. District Attorney Robert Turner, Jr. says the incident appears to have been a…

2 Killed in Shooting Outside Tuscaloosa Paper Plant

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Police say two men found dead in the parking lot of a paper plant in Tuscaloosa died in an apparent murder-suicide during a shift change. Officers called to Dixie Pulp and Paper late Monday found two bodies outside the facility. A police spokesman says 27-year-old Demorius Mondreal Polke shot 33-year-old Sean Michael Barret multiple times before…

Redland Community Bands Together to Support Orsi Family

Counselors were at Redland Elementary School Monday for anyone struggling with the apparent murder-suicide over the weekend.  As the community mourns, they’re also banding together to support the three Orsi girls who lost everything. Christy Wright worked with Charlene Orsi at Redland Elementary School, she remembers her love for everyone she met, especially her students. “She was the most giving…