Juan Chapman was 32 and a resident of Huntsville who was visiting Birmingham when he was reported missing over a weekend in January 2025. His family found his body on Monday, January 27, 2025, in a wooded area off Carlos Avenue in the Powderly neighborhood of Birmingham. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office determined he died from a gunshot wound, and Birmingham listed the death as the city’s seventh homicide that year.

Within hours of the discovery, the Birmingham Police Department’s Crime Reduction Team, following public tips, arrested two men at a west Birmingham home. They are cousins named Wilbert Reynolds Jr., 51, of Birmingham, and Dexter Jemison, 54, of Bessemer. Both were charged with capital murder; authorities say the charge is based on a belief Chapman was killed inside a vehicle. Police have said they believe there was a motive but have not released specifics.

Anyone with information about Chapman, his movements in Birmingham that weekend, or the area around Carlos Avenue is asked to come forward.