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WLOX.com
WSFA News Staff - Jun 7, 2017

2 more in custody in connection to Brundidge murder case

BRUNDIDGE, AL (WSFA) - Central Alabama CrimeStoppers confirms two more suspects in a Brundidge murder case have turned themselves in after seeing reports of a third suspect's arrest.

Trista Townsend was wanted for questioning and Jacory Townsend was wanted for murder in the May 30 homicide of 22-year-old Xavier Thomas. Both turned themselves in on Saturday without incident.

Thomas was shot outside of the Brundidge Retirement Center on Walding Circle. He was a passenger in a vehicle when someone opened fire on him.

The United States Marshal's Service previously notified CrimeStoppers that Demarcus Flowers, 25, was arrested without incident in Colorado. No other details were given on his arrest.

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AL.com
Carol Robinson - May 26, 2017

Three young suspects in custody in the shooting death of a Dothan teen have now been identified.

Kendarrius Dewayne "K.D." Martin, a 19-year-old recent graduate of Dothan High School, was shot to death Tuesday night at Wiregrass Park and Recreation Center on Sixth Avenue.

Authorities on Thursday afternoon announced the arrest of a 15-year-old in connection with Martin's slaying. On Thursday night, lawmen said two more teens were taken into custody in Florida.

In custody are Andre D. Winn, 15, Ashanti T. Williams, 16 and Kentarious McNeil, 16, according to Florida's Bay County Sheriff's Office and the Dothan Police Department. Winn is the suspected triggerman. He and Williams are charged as fugitives from justice in Alabama, where they have outstanding murder warrants. Williams is charged as an adult.

During the investigation, sheriff's officials said, detectives obtained evidence to show that McNeil had given false information to investigators. He was charged in Florida with accessory after the fact to murder.

All three suspects were arrested about 2:30 p.m. Thursday when Panama City police officers spotted a vehicle driven by one of the suspects on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, said Bay County sheriff's Lt. Jeremy Mathis. The trio was taken into custody without incident.

Dothan police said the teens were arrested in the vehicle that was driven when Martin was killed. Winn and Williams are awaiting extradition to Alabama. "The arrest of the suspect will not fully ease the pain of the family, but we hope it will bring them one step closer,'' Dothan police said on Facebook.

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DothanEagle.com
Staff Report - May 20, 2017

An Enterprise man originally charged with attempted murder in the beating of a 73-year-old man now faces a capital murder charge after the victim died Saturday.

Enterprise Police Department officers responded to a domestic situation Thursday afternoon, according to a press release. Upon arriving, officers witnessed 22-year-old Jzurih Khalil Flowers allegedly beating the victim -- later identified as his grandfather Ray Flowers -- with a walking cane.

Jzurih Flowers was detained after a short scuffle. Ray Flowers was transported to a local hospital in critical condition but passed away Saturday morning.

EPD upgraded the charges to capital murder following Ray Flowers' passing.

On Friday, District Judge Chris Kaminski placed a $100,000 bond on Jzurih Flowers on the attempted murder charge. An additional $2,000 bond was assigned for a resisting arrest charge he also faces.

A new initial appearance hearing on the upgraded charge will occur at 10 a.m. Monday in front of Kaminski.

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DothanEagle.com
Jeremy Wise - May 22, 2017

Coffee County District Judge Chris Kaminski denied bond for an Enterprise man charged with capital murder in the beating death of his great-grandfather.

On Thursday, May 18, Enterprise Police arrested 22-year-old Jzurih Khalil Flowers and charged him with attempted murder. According to an EPD release, officers arrived at a domestic situation and witnessed Flowers beating a 73-year-old man, later identified as Ray Lee Flowers, with a walking cane.

Jzurih Flowers appeared in court Friday on attempted murder charges, but after Ray Flowers died Saturday, the charges were upgraded to capital murder.

“We believe he was bludgeoned to death with one or more items. The defendant was making demands of money,” 12 th Judicial Circuit assistant district attorney Josh Wilson said. “This Saturday, Mr. Ray Flowers expired because of his injuries, and we believe it was due to the blunt force trauma.”

Because prosecutors believe the death occurred during a robbery, they have charged Jzurih Flowers with a capital crime. The defendant was also on probation for breaking/entering a motor vehicle, Wilson said, another mitigating factor in the request for no bond.

Kaminski temporarily appointed Carmen Howell and Sonny Reagan as attorneys for Flowers, pending a review of his indigent status. Flowers whimpered throughout the hearing and appeared to be in a non-verbal state – often answering Kaminski’s questions with a nodding head.

Flowers also convulsed several times during the hearing.

“It is clear to me that the defendant is reflecting a severe mental disorder,” Reagan said. “I’m not entirely sure he’s aware of where he is. We plan to file for a mental evaluation.”

After the hearing, Wilson said Flowers’ behavior is a recent development.

“Based on what I’ve heard from the investigators, some of the behavior was not present before the charge was upgraded to capital murder,” he said. “We believe when he made his initial statements, he was more coherent.”

Kaminski also set a preliminary hearing for Flowers on June 2 at 1:30 p.m. in Enterprise.

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WSFA.com
News Staff - May 23, 2017

ENTERPRISE, AL (WSFA) - An elderly man, who police say was intentionally beaten on Thursday in Enterprise, has died.

According to court documents, Jzurih Khalil Flowers is facing capital murder charges following the death of 73-year-old Ray Lee Flowers.

Documents indicate Jzurih Khalil Flowers intentionally caused the death of Ray Lee Flowers by allegedly striking him repeatedly with a metal walking cane during the course of committing a robbery.

The incident happened on Thursday in the 100 block of Grimsley Street.

Jzurih Khalil Flowers was initially charged with attempted murder but those charges were upgraded following Ray Lee Flowers’ death.

The court has ordered a mental evaluation for Jzurih Khalil Flowers. Documents indicate he demonstrated "an extreme erratic behavior and general lack of understanding of the charges against him or the seriousness of the same" during his initial court appearance.

Documents also state Jzurih Khalil Flowers is on suicide watch.

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for June 2 at 1:30 p.m.

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WTVY.com
By Mike Gurspan - May 23, 2017

No arrests in May 12th Level Plains murder

LEVEL PLAINS, Ala. (WTVY) — No arrests have been made in a Level Plains murder that happened a week and a half ago.

55-year-old Lisa Griffin was found critically wounded from gunfire inside a rural mobile home on Dale County Road 24 on May 12th.

The Enterprise woman was taken to an area hospital and pronounced dead on arrival.

Although no arrests have been made Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson says his department is making progress.

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DOTHANEAGLE.com
Staff Reports - May 13, 2017

Enterprise woman fatally wounded in shooting in Level Plains

An Enterprise woman was fatally wounded in Level Plains Friday night after gunshots were fired into a residence.

Enterprise Rescue transported Lisa Griffin, 55, to Flowers Hospital in Dothan where she was pronounced dead on arrival.

The Dale County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating the person or persons responsible.

Deputies responded to the 1700 block of County Road 24 at approximately 9:15 p.m. Friday in reference to a report of shots being fired in the area.

While deputies were en route, Ozark-Dale County E911 upgraded the call and advised deputies that one subject was suffering from a gunshot wound and was in critical condition.

When deputies arrived they located a woman with a gunshot wound to her upper body inside the residence.

Investigators processing the evidence said it appears that multiple rounds were fired into the residence.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the sheriff’s office.

You can visit www.daleso.com and click on the “crime tip” section and leave a secured anonymous message, email the office at [email protected], or visit the office’s Facebook page and send a private message.

The sheriff’s office was assisted by the Daleville Department of Public Safety, Dothan Police Department, Alabama Department of Corrections K9 Unit and Enterprise Rescue.

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WTVY.com
Mike Gurspan - Apr 10, 2017

Elba man in court for weekend fatal shooting in Enterprise

Today, Enterprise police released additional details in regard to a weekend homicide which claimed the life of 39-year-old Marcus Virghes of Elba.

This morning, Ted Caldwell also of Elba had his first court appearance on an open count of murder. The 31-year-old's bond was set at 100-thousand dollars. Caldwell told the judge he planned to hire his own attorney.

Enterprise police say they responded to a call of a shooting at a home in the 14-hundred block of Sheffield Road early Sunday morning. They found the victim lying inside the garage, he had been shot with a handgun in the head and chest. Both men reportedly knew each other at what has been describe as a "social gathering", but police have not elaborated what prompted the shooting. Authorities say its been difficult to get information from those in attendance.

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WTVY.com
Press Release - Apr 9, 2017

ENTERPRISE (WTVY) On April 9, 2017 at 12:00 AM, the Enterprise Police Department initiated a homicide investigation at a residence in the 1400 Block of Shellfield Road Enterprise, AL. The homicide victim has been identified as Marcus Eugene Virghes, age 39, of Elba, AL. Virghes was pronounced deceased at the scene. At 6:30 PM, EPD Detectives arrested and charged Ted Carstiel Caldwell (PICTURED), age 31, of Elba, AL with Murder. Caldwell was transported to the Coffee County Jail after arrest.

The Enterprise Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division (CID) is conducting this investigation and asks that anyone with additional information to contact the Enterprise Police Department at (334) 347-2222 or leave a tip at www.enterprisepd.com.

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SOUTHEASTSUN.com
Michelle Mann - July 19, 2017

An Elba man charged with murder was bound over to the Coffee County Grand Jury after a preliminary hearing before District Judge Chris Kaminski Monday, July 17.

After an hour of testimony by an Enterprise Police Criminal Investigation Division detective, Kaminski ruled that there was enough evidence to proceed with the murder charge against Ted Carstiel Caldwell, 31, who has remained free on $100,000 bond following his April 9 arrest.

Caldwell is charged in connection with the shooting death of Marcus Eugene Virghes, 39, also of Elba, that occurred at 1451 Shellfield Road in Enterprise in the early morning hours of April 9.

Enterprise Police Department Detective Will Ezell told the court Monday that he was called to the rental property after midnight in response to reports of a shooting that occurred during a party and cookout at the residence.

Ezell said that Virghes was lying dead near the entry of the garage with two gunshots to the chest. An autopsy report determined that a head wound Virghes had was later determined, through an autopsy, to have been caused by his fall to the garage floor. The cause of death was reported to be “homicide by gunshot wounds to the chest,” Ezell said.

Witnesses told police that Virghes and Caldwell’s brother, both of whom had been drinking alcohol, had been arguing when Caldwell intervened.

One witness told Ezell that Virghes pulled up his shirt to show that he had a gun in his waistband. At that point, the witness told police, she heard a round “get racked” into a gun and saw Caldwell shoot twice from his gun.

Another witness told police that there had been a previous altercation between Caldwell and Virghes in December, during which Caldwell allegedly shot Virghes in one of his hands.

Ezell said that Caldwell was not at the Shellfield Road residence when police arrived but that he did come to the EPD to be interviewed later.

Caldwell told police that Virghes had been “staring at him kind of funny,” prior to the shooting and had pulled up his shirt to show Caldwell his weapon.

Caldwell told police he shot Virghes twice after Virghes pulled his gun out, Ezell said. Caldwell told police that the person who had driven him to the party then drove him from the party. Ezell told the court that Caldwell declined to tell police where he went after the Shellfield Road party but that data analysis of Caldwell’s cellphone showed his location to be “within yards” of the Daleville Avenue Lounge.

Caldwell told police he threw the gun into the river near Elba, Ezell said, adding despite the efforts of law enforcement dive teams, the gun has not been recovered.

Caldwell’s attorney, Joe Cassady Jr., told Ezell that Virghes had a prior felony conviction and suggested that his client had pulled his weapon out of caution and self-defense during the altercation. “My question is pretty simple,” Cassady told Ezell. “If you knew that someone had been convicted wouldn’t you pull out your weapon?”

Ezell did not answer Cassady’s rhetorical question but told Cassady that although the police investigation continues, “I am satisfied that it was Ted Caldwell who committed the murder.”

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WSFA.com
News Staff - Dec 6th 2016

DALE CO., AL, (WSFA) - Family members are desperate for answers and crying out for help in the search for a missing Dale County woman.

Virginia Sellers, who also goes by Ginger, was last seen on Nov. 12.

"I just want her to please call if she can hear this or sees it in anyway," said Seller's sister Rebecca Wallace.

Wallace spoke with her sister the afternoon of Nov. 12 and believes she went missing that night. Wallace said Sellers was planning to leave her boyfriend, who she was living with, to escape domestic abuse. Sellers reportedly promised her sister she would keep in touch.

Wallace says it is unlike her sister to disappear and not call her.

"It's not like her, even a day or two, and especially with her knowing I was coming to move her. She was waiting on that, she done [sic] took a lot of her belongings out of storage that was there. They were laying there, they were just piled up outside," Wallace said.

Sellers reportedly walked to H&W Convenience store to charge her phone the day she was last seen. Police say she was last seen walking on Highway 105. She was wearing a blue walking outfit and carrying a black purse.

Sellers is a mother of two and grandmother of three. She also suffers from physical and mental illnesses.

"We have a lot of different things we're looking into right now. I'm limited to what I can say and limited to what I will say, but we are in the process of trying to find out more information," said Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson.

The Dale County Sheriff’s Office and the family are asking anyone with information on the whereabouts of Virgina Sellers to call 774-2335.

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DOTHANEAGLE.com
Staff Reports - Jun 16, 2017

A woman found deceased near the Choctawhatchee River in Echo in March has been positively identified.

Dale County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Mason Bynum confirmed Friday the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences has identified the woman as Virginia “Ginger” Sellers of Skipperville.

Sellers had been reported missing near the end of 2016. She was last seen walking toward the H&W Convenience Story along State Highway 105 in Skipperville Nov. 12, 2016. She was wearing a blue walking outfit

The case continues to be investigated as a homicide based on evidence collected at the scene when the body was found. Bynum declined to reveal any other details Friday, citing the ongoing investigation.

An E911 call alerted authorities to the body on March 18. The body was found on East County Road 36 and transported to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for positive identification.

Anyone with information or who may have seen any suspicious activity in that area is urged to contact the Dale County Sheriff’s Office at 334-774-2335. An anonymous tip can be left by visiting www.daleso.com and clicking on the “Crime Tip” tab.

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WTVY.com
April Davis - Jun 16, 2017

DALE COUNTY, Ala. (WTVY)-- The Dale County Sheriff’s Office says a body found near East County Road 36 March 18th has been identified as the body of Virginia Sellers of Skipperville.

The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences identified the body using DNA comparison.

Virginia “Ginger” Sellers Skipperville was last seen November 12th walking along Highway 105 in Skipperville and was reported missing a few weeks later.

This is still an ongoing homicide investigation. The cause of death has not been released.

The Dale County Sheriff’s Office is being assisted by the Dothan and Ozark Police Departments and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Crime Lab in Quantico, VA.

The Dale County Sheriff's Office asks you to contact them if you know anything about this case. You can submit an anonymous tip via DCSO’s website daleso.com and clicking on the “Crime Tip” section.

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