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Barry Wardell Gardner

Case from Bessemer , AL dated Feb 22, 2022

Victim Details

Barry Wardell Gardner

Male

Bessemer

AL

2022-02-22

33

Barry

Wardell Gardner

07/11/2026

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In the walls of William Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, Alabama, a life was cut short on a Tuesday evening. Barry Wardell Gardner, a 33-year-old male inmate, was found in an open-style dormitory on February 22, 2022. He had been stabbed and was pronounced dead at the prison infirmary around 7 p.m. His death was promptly ruled a homicide, prompting an investigation by the Jefferson County Coroner's Office.

Gardner had been serving a 13-year sentence for convictions of burglary ...
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