On a winter day in 2014, in the quiet Mount Vernon community on Lookout Mountain in DeKalb County, Alabama, 65-year-old Michael Lynn Jenkins was killed. His life came to a sudden and violent end on January 29th, a Wednesday that would be marked by a call to 911 from a residence, reporting that a person had been shot. When authorities arrived at the scene, they found Jenkins, who had been fatally wounded.
The initial investigation quickly led to a suspect who was present at the location
of the shooting. Thirty-five-year-old Christopher Todd Landers, also from the Mount Vernon area, was taken into custody at the scene. The day after the incident, following a consultation with the District Attorney and a review of the evidence, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office formally charged Landers with the murder of Michael Lynn Jenkins.
Following his arrest, Landers was held at the DeKalb County Detention Center with a bond set at $100,000. The investigation into the circumstances surrounding Jenkins' death continued as authorities worked to uncover the motive behind the tragic event. The case was set to move through the legal system to be presented before a jury.
