DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) – Ruthie Mae Jackson Easter Sunday 1996 took a tragic turn when police found Ruthie Mae Jackson stabbed several times in her Dothan home on East Adams Street. Her children continue to feel the pain of their mother’s murder. They say she was a light that shone brightly on their lives.

Read more about Ruthie Mae Jakson “She had a personality of love and giving and caring,” Shirley Jackson said. “She was an angel to me.” “My mother was a beautiful lady. She was a lovely lady,” Sam Jackson said.

“She didn’t meet no strangers. Everybody was her friend.” Police need someone to come forward with information. “We don’t solve murders unless the community helps, and that’s just a fact,” Lt. Scott Owens said.

You can submit anonymous tips about this case to Central Alabama CrimeStoppers. Your tip could lead to a cash reward. Deavontia Wilkerson In Geneva County, investigators continue to search for answers after 22-year-old Devontia Wilkerson was shot and killed in his home.

When deputies arrived at the crime scene on New Hope Road back in 2021, they found Wilkerson dead on the floor, shot several times. Surveillance video shows four people running from the Chancellor crime scene on October 31, 2021. See Wilkerson’s full story here Sheriff Tony Helms said that’s who they are looking for.

“That is the persons that committed the crime. You can tell that one of the persons is armed,” Helms told News4. There is a reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.

If you have information about this case, you can contact the sheriff’s office by phone or email or use the Geneva County Sheriff’s App, where you can submit a tip anonymously. Kenyatta Snell Kenyatta Snell lost her life when a field party in Barbour County turned violent. The beloved 25-year-old mother lost her life when she got caught in the crossfire during the out-of-control June 3, 2023, party.

“She didn’t have to pass like that,” Pamela Snell, Kenyatta’s mother, said. “She was just trying to get out of harm’s way and she got hit.” Read more: Family prays for answers a year after a mother’s murder at Barbour County field party Kenyatta was one of at least 900 people at the event in Louisville, Alabama, an event that Barbour County Investigator Lieutenant Tracy Reese said had no security. “Nine hundred people shouldn’t be anywhere without a group of security to secure the scene, people and make sure things stay under control because it appears it got out of control,” Reese said.

The party took a dark turn when two groups began shooting at each other. Finding her killer has been a tough task. Reese told News4 that they need information about who was at that party.

Charles Childree As the family of a missing Dale County man continues to wait for answers, the Dale County Sheriff’s Office is determined to solve Charles Childree’s case. On July 21, 2015, the 66-year-old man disappeared in Arguta, a crossroads about ten miles north of Ozark. Childree was last spotted walking on County Road 15 near his home in the Arguta community.

Hear what investigators say about Childree’s case. He was known by friends and family to walk the roadways for miles and pick up cans, most days. Countless hours have gone into searching for him.

The sheriff’s office asks if you have any information to share with them. Kemberly Ramer Kemberly Ramer’s disappearance nearly 30 years ago continues to haunt the south Alabama City of Opp. Her mother and investigators are determined to find out what happened to her.

“I am going to find out what happened to my daughter if it takes me the rest of my life,” Infinger said. Full story: UNSOLVED: Kemberly Ramer’s disappearance remains a mystery 27 years later On August 15, 1997, Kemberly went to a ball game and later went home to her father’s house. That is the last place she is known to have been.

A couple days later, Infinger gets a call from Kemberly’s father saying he couldn’t find her. David Harrell, the Assistant Chief of Police in Opp, took the missing person report. He doesn’t believe Ramer left the house on her own that night.

Investigators have a person of interest, but they need evidence. The case remains on Harrell’s mind. “Every time I wake up, when I walk in the office, is this the day?

Is this the day when we’re going to find her? Hadn’t happened yet, but it will,” Harrell said. Dan Bivens Decades ago, a Dothan man vanished into thin air, and his family never heard from him again.

It’s a 46-year-old mystery that still hangs over the city. His four daughters have lived most of their lives without their biological father. “I just wish I had answers,” his daughter Danielle said.

Read the full story: UNSOLVED: What happened to Dan Bivens? At the time Dan Bivens disappeared, his daughters lived in another state with their mom, but they’ll never forget what happened in Dothan on Friday, October 19, 1979. Danielle said that evening, he went by her grandmother’s diner for a plate of food.

After that, her grandmother, hadn’t heard from him for a day. So, she went to check on him at his home, but what she found was unexplainable. “The door was unlocked, the lights were on, the TV was on, and the plate that she had given him the day before was sitting on the counter uneaten,” Danielle said.

A police report provided by the family shows the last time someone saw Dan was on North Appletree Street near where his brother lived. Police followed up in 1981, but still no trace of their father. The sisters say there has been a potential sighting of his car and even their dad himself, but nothing panned out.

You can submit anonymous tips about this case to Central Alabama CrimeStoppers. Your tip could lead to a cash reward. Geral Denise Walker For 32 years, Geral Denise Walker has been missing.

Back in October of 1992, Walker went to the Salt and Pepper Lounge on Reeves Street for a night out with some friends. Little did her family know she would not return home that night. “The next morning, Mama never came home.

So, I had to call my grandmother and tell her Mama was not at home. Mama never made it back home,” her daughter, Shaneca said. UNSOLVED: Geral Denise Walker’s disappearance remains a mystery 32 years later As her family grapples with grief, police grapple with figuring out what happened.

“It’s almost like she vanished into thin air, and that’s the most frustrating part for investigators,” Lieutenant Scott Owens with the Dothan Police Department said. Although three decades have passed, Owens said they aren’t giving up. You can submit anonymous tips about this case to Central Alabama CrimeStoppers.

Your tip could lead to a cash reward. Virginia Sellers A Skipperville woman’s murder remains unsolved, but investigators haven’t given up. What started as a missing persons case turned into an even more dreadful nightmare.

Sheriff Mason Bynum said someone killed Virginia Sellers and dumped her body over a bridge. Sellers vanished in November 2016. She was last seen walking along Alabama Highway 105.

In March of 2017, someone walking under a bridge near Ozark on East County Road 36 came across a body. Full story: UNSOLVED: Sheriff says Skipperville woman’s unsolved murder hasn’t gone cold “We responded and we found what we believed to be a deceased person wrapped inside of a carpet with some rope,” Bynum said. In June of that year, the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences confirmed that it was indeed the body of Virginia Sellers.

Bynum said the case hasn’t gone cold, and they are determined to solve it. Subscribe to our News 4 newsletter and receive the latest local news and weather straight to your email every morning. Get instant notifications on top stories from News 4 by downloading our mobile apps.

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