Angela Berryman Hill Harville, a 46-year-old White woman, was at her home in the Hatton community just outside Moulton, Alabama, on the evening of September 13, 2023. The day’s quiet was broken around 6:20 p.m. when her husband's uncle, 58-year-old Timothy Houston Harville, arrived at her residence on County Road 161, claiming he was looking for a lost cow. At the home with Angela were her teenage son and a family friend, Curtis West.
According to investigators, an argument quickly erupted between Timothy Harville and West. When Angela's son tried to leave the escalating conflict, Timothy threatened to shoot the tires of his car with a shotgun he had in his vehicle. The argument then moved inside the house, with Timothy following West. In an attempt to de-escalate the situation, Angela told West to go into another room.
She also placed a phone call to her husband, Scott Harville, asking him to come home and help get Timothy to leave the property.
While on the phone with his wife, Scott Harville could hear her arguing with Timothy. He then heard Angela say, “Go ahead and blow my brains out.” A single gunshot immediately followed, after which Scott heard Timothy say, “There you go.” When law enforcement deputies arrived at the home, they found Angela deceased from a shotgun wound to the head.
Timothy Harville was arrested and charged with murder. At the time of the shooting, he was already out on bond for a December 2022 incident that had led to charges of shooting into an occupied dwelling. He was subsequently charged with felony murder, first-degree burglary, menacing, and unlawful imprisonment in connection with Angela's death and was held without bond. A preliminary hearing in December 2023 found probable cause to forward the case to a Lawrence County grand jury.
After a delay in court proceedings due to Timothy Harville’s health, the case went to trial. A Lawrence County jury convicted him of murder, first-degree burglary, menacing, and second-degree unlawful imprisonment. The verdict was the latest development in the case as of November 2026.
