Overview
- A homeowner who reviewed doorbell camera footage prompted a welfare check that led officers to find two people and a dog shot to death inside a Brookwood home on Monday.
- The victims were identified as Jazmine Alexis Bates, a 22‑year‑old University of Alabama student, and Jose Felix Alvarez‑Duenas, 31, a single father of three whose family has launched a fundraiser.
- Investigators used security video and electronic device data to identify 24‑year‑old De’Kendrick Crawford and obtained a capital murder warrant charging him in the deaths of two or more people.
- Multi‑agency units tracked Crawford to a relative’s Northport apartment and, after hours of tactical operations including drones and K‑9s, found him hiding in an attic crawl space and arrested him about 10 hours after the bodies were found.
- Authorities say Crawford was already wanted on a May felony warrant for firing into an occupied building near the University of Alabama, he is being held without bond, and detectives expect the probe to yield more evidence and possible charges as they continue searching for a motive.