Bobby George Mayweather, 69, was found dead in his Birmingham, Alabama, apartment at Bankhead Towers, 2300 5th Avenue North, on February 6, 2020. Police responded to a person-down call and discovered him in a bedroom with a fatal stab wound; Birmingham Fire and Rescue and the Jefferson County Coroner pronounced him dead at the scene. Early reports said he may have been deceased for an extended period before discovery.

The case initially was handled as a homicide investigation and police said no suspects were in custody while detectives worked to determine what happened inside the downtown high-rise, which housed seniors and disabled residents.