Man charged with murder dies from COVID-19 Kerry Lynn Flemming (Source: ADOC) By WAFF 48 Digital Staff | January 20, 2021 at 8:51 PM CST - Updated January 20 at 8:51 PM MADISON COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) - A man who was serving time in prison for murder has now died from COVID-19. According to the Alabama Department of Corrections, Kerry Lynn Flemming was a 58-year-old inmate serving 25 years for a murder that happened in Madison County. Flemming was an inmate at the Alabama Therapeutic Education Facility in Columbiana. According to officials with ADOC, Flemming suffered from preexisting health conditions and was transferred to a local hospital on January 3 after contracting COVID-19.