Overview
- Police responding to a welfare check discovered the bodies of University of Alabama student Jazmine Alexis Bates and Jose Felix Alvarez‑Duenas, and the household dog, at a Brookwood home on July 6.
- Investigators used doorbell and security camera footage plus electronic-device data to identify De’Kendrick Crawford as a suspect within hours of the discovery.
- Law enforcement located Crawford at a relative’s Northport apartment and arrested him after an extended tactical operation that included drones, K‑9 searches, breached entries, and tear gas.
- Crawford, 24, has been charged with capital murder of two or more persons, is being held without bond, and faces possible additional counts including animal cruelty and a separate May firearms offense.
- Authorities say the victims were acquaintances and former co‑workers of the suspect, there is no known motive, and investigators expect the probe to produce more evidence and potential charges.