Overview
- Jeffrey Scott Towers, arrested Monday following a police probe, was charged with manslaughter in Trussville and later released on a $30,000 bond.
- Officers found Whitney Robeson, 22, with a gunshot wound at a home on March 7, 2026, and she died at a local hospital that night.
- The Jefferson County Coroner labeled the death accidental, with no public explanation yet of how the shooting occurred.
- Towers’ attorneys say he is not guilty and describe him as an upstanding citizen with no criminal history.
- Robeson’s obituary notes she graduated from Auburn in May 2025 and had just begun work as a trade consultant at Restoration Hardware.