Alabama Law passed to outlaw removing organs without notifying next of kin
BALDWIN COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill outlawing medical examiners from removing an organ from a body without notifying next of kin.
It was a bill Donna Atkins has been fighting for for years. Her 17 year old son, Justin Crooks, died from an aneurysm behind his heart.
It wasn’t until a court hearing in a wrongful death lawsuit years later that Atkins learned something horrible.
Atkins said, “My attorney told me that he tried to prepare me that they kept his heart, the forensic department, and they were going to have it in trial. Yeah, that kind of freaked me out. This is like the invasion of the body snatchers you know. How can you do this?”
Man convicted of murder in 2018 Opelika mobile home park shooting Marquerious Canada was arrested for the murder of Antonio Drisker. By Jessie Gibson | April 13, 2021 at 2:19 PM EDT - Updated April 13 at 3:24 PM
OPELIKA, Ala. (WTVM) - A man has been found guilty of the 2018 murder of an Opelika man.
According to the Lee County District Attorneyâs Office, Marquerious Laquez Canada was found guilty of the murder of 36-year-old Antonio Drisker.
On July 26, 2018, police responded to reports of a shooting in the area of Windsor Mobile Home Park just after 9:30 p.m. CST. Upon arrival, 36-year-old Antonio Drisker of Opelika was found with no signs of life. He appeared to have suffered multiple gunshot wounds.
Woman charged in deadly Birmingham street racing crash returned to Alabama from Georgia
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Carmesia Flannigan, 22, had been sought by U.S. Marshals and Birmingham police for two weeks. She is charged with murder, leaving the scene of an accident with injury and unlawful possession of a controlled substance in the March 21 death of 52-year-old Brandy Ballard.
She arrived at the downtown lockup just before 10:30 a.m. She rushed from the vehicle with her back turned away from the cameras and did not say anything.
Brandy Ballard, 52, was killed Sunday, March 21, 2021, when police say she was struck by a Camaro that was street racing. (Contributed)
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