In the quiet of a Birmingham, Alabama home, a life of 84 years came to a tragic and unexpected end. Hattie Evans, a female, was found unresponsive on the floor of her bedroom by police officers who were conducting a welfare check on Sunday, May 5, 2019. The scene that greeted the first responders was one of violence; Ms. Evans had suffered from apparent head injuries, and her death was soon ruled a homicide.
The investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death quickly focused
on a suspect close to home. Within a day, the Birmingham police had arrested her 52-year-old daughter, Brenda Denise Evans. The evidence gathered by investigators led them to believe that the death was a result of domestic violence. Brenda Evans was subsequently charged with the murder of her mother. Following her arrest, she was booked into the Jefferson County Jail and held without bail. The charge of murder brought against Brenda Denise Evans represented a dark turn in a family's history, leaving a community to grapple with the sorrowful loss of one of its elderly members.
