Adam Blake Warren was 36 when he was found dead near Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport on the morning of December 26, 2019. Airport personnel discovered him around 10 a.m. along the roadside in the 8900 block of 8th Court North. Birmingham police and fire-rescue pronounced him dead at the scene.

Initial public descriptions did not specify a cause of death, but the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office and investigators later ruled Warren’s death a homicide and treated the location as an active crime scene. Police noted the discovery came amid a busy end-of-year period for violent crime in Birmingham, and no immediate arrests were announced.

Anyone who knew Adam, was in the airport area that morning, or has information about what happened on 8th Court North is asked to come forward.