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Rodney Dale Gardner

Case from Meridianville, AL dated Dec 24, 2021

Victim Details

Rodney Dale Gardner

Male

White / Caucasian

Meridianville

AL

2021-12-24

41

Rodney

Dale Gardner

07/06/2026

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On what should have been a festive Christmas Eve, a tragic and violent event unfolded within a Meridianville, Alabama home, leaving a father and his teenage son dead. Rodney Dale Gardner, a 41-year-old male, lost his life on December 24, 2021, in a heart-wrenching murder-suicide.

The quiet of the holiday was shattered by an argument that escalated in a bedroom of the family's residence on Bermuda Lakes Drive. Inside, Rodney Gardner and his 14-year-old son, Caleb Gardner, were engaged in a ...
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  • WHNT.com: Father, son killed in Christmas Eve murder-suicide identified
  • rocketcitynow.com: Madison County Sheriff's Office investigating murder-suicide
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