List of homicides in 2009

This is a List of homicides in 2009, including homicide cases reported throughout the Birmingham District. A total of 13 homicides have been reported in the area as of February 3, 2009.

Note that a "homicide" refers to the cause of death as determined by a medical examiner, not to the crime of murder as charged by prosecutors and determined by plea or trial.

Jefferson County

Bessemer

1. January 6: Charles Thompson, 26, found shot to death in a car at the CVS pharmacy at 901 9th Avenue North. He was driven there following a gunfight at the Kate S. Waller Homes. [1]

Birmingham

• 8 homicides as of February 2 (list)

Hueytown

1. January 24: Ramona Houston, 79, was found shot to death at her home on Daffodil Avenue. Her husband was also found dead in an apparent murder-suicide. [2]

Unincorporated Jefferson County

1. January 16: Tonya Bernicia Murray, 38, was found dead from trauma to the head and stripped of clothing in a wooded area off Rocky Ridge Lane near International Park and I-459. [3]

St Clair County

1. February 2: Michael Clapper, 48, was found bludgeoned to death in a storage unit at Highway 174 Mini Storage on Alabama Highway 174 in Odenville. Billy Lee Spence, Jr was arrested and charged after investigators determined that he was involved during an interview. The death is believed to have resulted from a prior argument. [4]

Walker County

1. February 2: Frank Creel, 51, was killed in a shootout with Michael Norris at Norris' home on the 7000 block of Carbon Hill- Nauvoo Road in Nauvoo. Norris was injured in the gunfight. No charges have yet been filed. [5]

External links

• Birmingham News map of area homicides in 2009