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Alabama Mother Charged With Capital Murder in Daughter’s Death as Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty

Investigators plan a weeks-long search at the Coffee County Landfill guided by truck logs, GPS data and mapping to try to recover the child’s remains.

Overview

  • Enterprise police charged Adrienne Reid with capital murder and abuse of a corpse on March 9, the day her daughter Genesis would have turned 3.
  • Detectives say surveillance shows Reid late Christmas night pulling a rolling duffel bag to an apartment dumpster, then returning days later with the child’s toys.
  • Officials report Genesis was last seen on Christmas night while visiting family in Dothan, and they say Reid’s February 16 missing-person report was false.
  • Search teams have narrowed the target zone at the Coffee County Landfill to roughly 200 by 100 feet and 8 to 10 feet deep, with a methodical effort expected to take up to 10 weeks because the dumpster contents were compacted and reprocessed.
  • Coffee County District Attorney James Tarbox says prosecutors will pursue the death penalty, and Reid is expected to have an initial court appearance later this week as the broader multi-agency investigation continues.