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ROBERTSDALE, Alabama In July, a law will go into effect requiring medical examiners, through the appropriate law enforcement agency, to notify next of kin when keeping a person’s organs for purposes other than conducting a death investigation.
For Foley native and Robertsdale resident Donna Crooks Atkins, the law, recently signed by Gov. Kay Ivey, is a small victory in a well over decade-long fight sparked by her son Justin’s death at the age of 17.
“I never realized passing a law would be so amazing,” Atkins said. “I didn’t realize that I would have to fight every step of the way.”
Updated: 10:10 AM CDT May 2, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital UPDATE: Court documents show that a Remona Hudson and two children found dead in a partially submerged car on the Alabama-Georgia line were shot to death.Authorities haven t released the names of the children, but say they lived in the same house with Hudson about 25 miles from the lake where they were found. An Alabama man has been charged with capital murder after authorities found a Georgia woman and two children dead inside a car submerged in a lake. Demetrius Devonte McGhee, 26, of Clayton, Alabama, was booked into jail on four counts of capital murder after being released from a hospital, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation said in a news release. Authorities said a passerby found a sedan containing the bodies of Remona Hudson and two children in the water of Lake Eufaula early Monday. All the victims were from Cuthbert, Georgia.The Barbour County coroner said it
April 27, 2021 - 5:56 AM
EUFAULA, Ala. - The bodies of a woman and two children were found inside a car found partially submerged in Lake Eufaula, and a possible suspect was being treated at a hospital, authorities said.
Barbour County Coroner Chip Chapman said the three victims, who were not immediately identified, apparently were dead before the car entered the water. It was found near a lakeside park in Eufaula early Monday along the Alabama-Georgia state line, news outlets reported.
The causes of death were unclear, Chapman said. The bodies were sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for autopsies, and the surviving male was taken by helicopter ambulance to Southeast Health in Dothan, according to the police chief there, Will Benny.
Woman, 2 children were dead before their car was pushed into Alabama lake: coroner
Updated 7:50 AM;
A Georgia woman and two children have been identified as the three victims found dead in a Eufaula, Alabama, lake Monday morning, and their deaths are being investigated as a homicide.
Barbour County Coroner Chip Chapman late Monday afternoon identified the woman as Ramona Hudson. He said he is not releasing the names of the children but said they are believed to be ages 16 and 12.
Chapman said the victims were apparently dead before their vehicle was pushed into the water near Creek Town Park. Their bodies have been sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for autopsy.
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