Quintin Dewayne Martin, 51, was critically injured on April 6, 2020, after a domestic dispute on the I-65 South access ramp at Daniel Payne Drive in Birmingham. According to reports, Martin had exited a small sedan and was walking away on the ramp when the driver, identified as 50-year-old Patrice Lawson-Williams, allegedly drove the wrong way down the ramp and struck him from behind. Emergency crews transported Martin to UAB Hospital with extensive injuries.Martin died of those injuries six days later, on April 12, 2020.

The Birmingham Police Department opened a homicide investigation and classified the case as domestic in nature. Lawson-Williams was arrested; initial charges were first-degree domestic violence and, after Martin’s death, were upgraded to murder. She was held in the Jefferson County Jail on a $60,000 bond.

Has anyone in the Birmingham area seen or heard anything about the events on the I-65 ramp that morning?