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Cornelius Darnell Witherspoon

Case from Cottondale, AL dated Apr 18, 2025

Victim Details

Cornelius Darnell Witherspoon

Male

Black / African American

Cottondale

AL

2025-04-18

39

Cornelius

Darnell Witherspoon

07/01/2026

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In the early morning hours of April 18, 2025, the life of 39-year-old Cornelius Darnell Witherspoon, a Black male from Cottondale, Alabama, was tragically cut short. Responding to a shooting call around 3 a.m. in the 5400 block of 19th Street East, deputies from the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office discovered Witherspoon deceased in his vehicle from a fatal gunshot wound.

Investigators from the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit quickly determined that Witherspoon had been living at the res ...
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  • WVUA 23: 1 man dead, 1 teen facing capital murder charge after early Friday shooting in Cottondale
  • Cottondale fatal shooting leads to juvenile's capital murder charge
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