Updated: 12:50 PM PST, February 09, 2021
Alvin Barfield, 46, was taken into custody in January in connection to the murder of Albert Carter Woolfolk who was fatally stabbed over 20 times and later strangled in his home after leaving a bar with three men, WJCL reported.
An 18-year-old cold case was reopened after Georgia detectives used fingerprints to lead them to a suspect in South Carolina, according to police. Alvin Barfield, 46, was taken into custody in January in connection to the murder of Albert Carter Woolfolk, who was fatally stabbed over 20 times and later strangled in his home after leaving a bar with three men, WJCL reported.
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Police: Fingerprint led them to 2003 Georgia murder suspect
Georgia police detectives say a fingerprint match more than 15 years after a killing led them to arrest a man in January in South Carolina for a 2003 killing
ByThe Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ga. Georgia police detectives said a fingerprint match more than 15 years after a killing led them to arrest a man in January in South Carolina for a 2003 killing.
A judge on Friday declined to set bail for Alvin Barfield, 46, refusing arguments from the defense that Barfield, who s charged with murder, was not a flight risk due to his cooperation with detectives.
Man wanted in 2003 Georgia slaying found in South Carolina Follow Us
Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Friday, January 22, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - A man wanted in connection with an almost 20-year-old Georgia homicide was captured Thursday by authorities in South Carolina, officials said.
Alvin Shane Barfield, 47, was arrested and charged with murder in the 2003 death of Albert Carter Woolfolk in Columbus, Georgia, news outlets quoted officials as saying.
Columbus police said Woolfork, 45, was seen leaving a bar with three men on July 16, 2003. Woolfork’s mother found him 34 hours later stabbed to death in his home.
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