In the small fishing community of Coden, Alabama, a tragic event unfolded on May 15, 2020, resulting in the death of 31-year-old Kendall Sprinkle. He and another individual, 25-year-old Nhat Tran, were victims of a double homicide.
The day after the incident, law enforcement arrested a suspect in connection with the killings. Shane Marceau, who was 31 years old at the time, was taken into custody and faced two counts of capital murder for the shooting deaths of Sprinkle and Tran.
Publicly available information regarding the specifics of the investigation and a potential motive for the crime has been limited. The case against Marceau, also known as Shane Khanh Duy Marceaux, proceeded through the legal system. In relation to a criminal case, a federal court issued a final order of forfeiture for firearms and ammunition belonging to him in May of 2021. Court documents from April 2021 also show that Marceaux was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison on a particular charge, while another count against him was dismissed. The specific details of how this federal case intertwined with the state-level capital murder charges, and the final verdict and sentencing for the deaths of Kendall Sprinkle and Nhat Tran, have not been widely reported.
