List of homicides in 2009

This is a List of homicides in 2009, including homicide cases reported throughout the Birmingham District. A total of 12 homicides have been reported in the area as of February 2, 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]

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. [4]

External links

• Birmingham News map of area homicides in 2009