In the winter of 2015, the life of 36-year-old Derrick Deshona Alford, a male from Greenville, was tragically cut short. On the evening of February 17th, law enforcement and emergency medical personnel were dispatched to a residence on Odessadale Road in Meriwether County, Georgia, following a report of a shooting. Upon their arrival, they discovered Mr. Alford unresponsive near the back porch of the home. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Meriwether County Sheriff's Department, in conjunction with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, immediately launched a murder investigation into his death.
For over a year, the case remained under active investigation, with authorities diligently working to piece together the events that led to the fatal shooting. A significant breakthrough in the investigation came from an unlikely source—a separate murder inquiry being conducted in the same county. Evidence uncovered during the investigation into the death of Kenneth Spice provided crucial links to the unsolved murder of Derrick Alford. This new evidence allowed investigators to connect the two cases and identify potential suspects in Alford's death.
In February of 2016, more than a year after Derrick Alford's death, the Meriwether County Sheriff's Office announced a major development in the case. Two brothers, 23-year-old Timique Slaton of Newnan and 20-year-old Alex Everett of Greenville, were charged with one count of murder each in connection with the death of Derrick Alford. At the time the charges were brought against them, both Slaton and Everett were already incarcerated, being held on charges related to the murder of Kenneth Spice. The connection between the two cases was established through crime lab evidence that conclusively linked the suspects to the Alford murder scene. Following the charges, both Timique Slaton and Alex Everett were held without bond. The final disposition of the murder charges against the two brothers in relation to Derrick Alford's death is not detailed in the available online sources.
