From The Tribune staff reports
PELL CITY — A 35-year-old man was arrested for the murder of a woman who was found fatally wounded in Pell City on Sunday, Nov. 6, at approximately 11 a.m.
According to the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office, after an extensive investigation and a multiple jurisdictional effort, today, the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office has obtained a murder warrant on Michael Jerome Butler, 35, of Greenville, for the murder of Victoria Malet, 54, of Lincoln.
Malet was located in a wooded area of St. Clair County off Cook Springs Road in Pell City. Malet suffered from multiple gunshot wounds.
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Butler is currently being housed at the Autauga County Jail in Prattville for robbery first-degree, two counts of rape first-degree, two counts of sodomy first-degree, sexual torture, two counts of sexual abuse first-degree, and two counts of kidnapping first-degree.
Butler is being held on no bond at this time.
Sheriff Billy Murray would like to thank the following agencies for assistance in this investigation; Prattville Police Department, Autauga County Sheriff’s Office, Lincoln Police Department, Oxford Police Department, East Metro Area Crime Center, FBI, Coweta County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia, Chattahoochie Hills PD in Georgia, St. Clair County District Attorney’s Office, and St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division.