From The Tribune staff reports
JEFFERSON COUNTY – The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office announced that investigators charged 19-year-old Matthew Jacob Jeffery today, April 4, with murder in the death of a 15-year-old-victim on Monday, April 3, 2023. Jeffery is being held without
bond in the Jefferson County jail.
David Agee with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said that Jeffery is being held without bond in the Jefferson County jail.
According to a prior statement from JCSO, “On Monday April 3, 2023, at 6:40 p.m., Jefferson County Deputies were dispatched to investigate a report of a person down in the park at 100 Bayview Drive Mulga, Alabama. Deputies arrived and found a 15-year-old male deceased on the scene as a result of a gunshot.”
On Tuesday, Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates identified the 15-year-old victim as William Mullins IV of Mulga.
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The body of the victim was transported to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office for examination.