UPDATE: Prattville man pleads not guilty to capital murder of wife, unborn son
AUTAUGA COUNTY, Ala. - A Prattville man who is charged with killing his pregnant wife and unborn son was back in court Monday.Hunter Tatum was indicted by a grand jury in March on capital murder charges in connection to the fatal shooting of his wife Summer Knight Tatum, 26, and the subsequent death of the couple’s unborn son,Prosecutors have previously stated that they will seek the death penalty in this case. Tatum has been in jail since October on a $400,000 cash bond.
Court documents state that Summer Tatum was five months pregnant when she was shot in the back of the head twice at the couple’s home on Sunset Court in Prattville around midnight on Oct. 18. The couple had reportedly been involved in a physical altercation, according to court filings. Police found Summer Tatum unresponsive, and she was taken to Baptist Medical Center South in life-threatening condition. She later died from her injuries.
Photos of Summer Knight Tatum. She was 5 months pregnant when she was shot and killed on Oct. 18, 2021. Her baby, Everett, did not survive either. Medical professionals performed an emergency delivery and placed Everett in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU, where he died a short time later.Copyright 2022 WSFA 12 News. All rights reserved.
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