Monica Cooper Graves

On a September day in 2018, the quiet community of Dora, Alabama, was unsettled by a grim discovery. Under the Interstate 22 overpass at Exit 78, the bodies of 31-year-old Monica Cooper Graves and a 70-year-old man were found inside a pickup truck. Both had suffered fatal gunshot wounds.

Monica, a resident of the nearby town of Empire, was a White female whose life was abruptly cut short. The man found with her was identified as John Allen Softley, a well-known figure in the area who serv ...

WHNT.com: 2 people found dead in pickup near Interstate 22 in Alabama

Monica Cooper Graves, age 31 - National Gun Violence Memorial