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This is a '''List of Jefferson County homicides in 1989'''.
This is a '''List of homicides in 1989''', including all crimes so designated in the [[Birmingham District]].


==Listing==
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==[[Jefferson County]]==
===[[Birmingham]]===
===[[Birmingham]]===
:''See [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1989]]''
:''See [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1989]]''


===[[Hoover]]===
===[[Homewood]]===
* [[September 21]]: [[Samford University]] student Rex Copeland was killed by his debate coach, [[William Slagle]] after a confrontation at his [[Inverness]] apartment. He mailed a confession and went into hiding, appearing on ''America's Most Wanted'' before surrendering. He was convicted of murder in [[1990]] and sentenced to life. [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2007/04/coach_who_killed_debater_will.html]
* [[October 30]]: Grocer [[Afton Lee Sr]] was struck in the head during a robbery of his store and died two hours after he was discovered in a cooler. Theodore Alton "Teddy" Roberts, Jr and Robert "Bobby" Grier were convicted separately in state courts in [[1990]] and both sentenced to life in prison without parole. ([http://www.leagle.com/decision/19911381589So2d792_11320.xml/GRIER%20v.%20STATE report])


===[[Mountain Brook]]===
===[[Mountain Brook]]===
* [[December 16]]: Federal judge [[Robert Vance]] was killed by a bomb mailed to his home in Mountain Brook. Walter Leroy Moody was convicted in both federal and state courts and is on Alabama's death row.
* [[December 16]]: Federal judge [[Robert Vance]] was killed by a bomb mailed to his home in Mountain Brook. Walter Leroy Moody was convicted in both federal and state courts and is on Alabama's death row.


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===Unincorporated areas===
* [[May 30]]: Cynthia Carr, 30, was shot and killed at her home during a domestic dispute between her daughter and former son-in-law. James Larry McLaughlin, Jr, was arrested and charged with murder. He was sentenced to serve 60 years in prison. The conviction was overturned on appeal and he eventually served 20 years before being released in May 2011. In 2015 McLaughlin was arrested for eluding deputies attempting a traffic stop. ([http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2015/03/convicted_killer_arrested_afte.html report])
 
==[[Shelby County]]==
* [[September 21]]: [[Samford University]] debate student [[Rex Copeland]] was stabbed to death by his coach, [[William Slagle]] following an argument at his apartment at [[Hunters Pointe]] in [[Inverness]]. Slagle was convicted in [[1990]] and sentenced to life in prison. [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2007/04/coach_who_killed_debater_will.html]
 
==[[Tuscaloosa County]]==
* 8 homicides
 
==References==
* Reeves, Wendy (January 1, 1996) "[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Bz0dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QKYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3197%2C10531 First murder of '95 unsolved]" ''Tuscaloosa News''


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Latest revision as of 09:40, 4 August 2015

This is a List of homicides in 1989, including all crimes so designated in the Birmingham District.

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Jefferson County

Birmingham

See List of Birmingham homicides in 1989

Homewood

  • October 30: Grocer Afton Lee Sr was struck in the head during a robbery of his store and died two hours after he was discovered in a cooler. Theodore Alton "Teddy" Roberts, Jr and Robert "Bobby" Grier were convicted separately in state courts in 1990 and both sentenced to life in prison without parole. (report)

Mountain Brook

  • December 16: Federal judge Robert Vance was killed by a bomb mailed to his home in Mountain Brook. Walter Leroy Moody was convicted in both federal and state courts and is on Alabama's death row.

Unincorporated areas

  • May 30: Cynthia Carr, 30, was shot and killed at her home during a domestic dispute between her daughter and former son-in-law. James Larry McLaughlin, Jr, was arrested and charged with murder. He was sentenced to serve 60 years in prison. The conviction was overturned on appeal and he eventually served 20 years before being released in May 2011. In 2015 McLaughlin was arrested for eluding deputies attempting a traffic stop. (report)

Shelby County

Tuscaloosa County

  • 8 homicides

References

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