Tag: JEFFERSON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE

‘Completely avoidable and unnecessary‘ — Former DHR contractor charged for in-custody hot car death of three-year-old boy

Kela Stanford, 54, the contract driver for the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR), has been charged with a Class B felony over a week after she allegedly returned home with a three-year-old boy after a scheduled visitation with his biological father and left him to die in the hot car.

Jefferson County DA's office releases homicide map, hoping for community involvement

Phase one of another initiative to crack down on homicides in Jefferson County has launched and investigators hope it will help the community stay informed and fight violent crime.