“She’s dead,” the woman told a police dispatcher when she called 9-1-1.
DOTHAN, Ala. - A longtime friend of 91-year-old murder victim Mable Fowler described to jurors on Tuesday the crime scene she discovered.
Mary Williams, herself elderly, became concerned after several attempts to phone Fowler went unanswered. So, she drove to Fowler’s Dothan home where she discovered her friend of about 35 years lying in a pool of blood.A few hours later, officers arrested Joe Nathan Duncan, a 59-year-old homeless man who had recently done yard work for Fowler.Police believe he returned to Fowler’s Hodgesville Road home on March 17, 2018 and brutally stabbed her.During opening arguments, Houston County Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Stanley said the totality of evidence implicates only Duncan.
But defense attorney Arthur Medley disputes that claim and accuses police of conducting a shoddy investigation.That footage shows a man who resembles the suspect walking under Fowler’s carport but does not show him entering her home.Williams testified there had been ongoing issues with cigarette butts strewn about the porch and yard, though neither Fowler, Williams, nor Duncan smoked.
Medley is expected to argue that one of those butts links a woman previously convicted of assault to Fowler’s home.She documented the murder scene with videos and over 800 photographs.
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