Jacqueline Sims Newsome, 39, and her husband Joseph Scott Norris, 40, were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds in a bedroom at 445 29th Street in the Ensley neighborhood of Birmingham on the night of October 13, 2020. A landlord discovered the home’s door open, entered to investigate, and located both unresponsive; officers arrived about 11:41 p.m., and both were pronounced dead at the scene.

Birmingham Police opened a double homicide investigation. No arrests have been announced and investigators have not publicly identified a clear motive. Jacqueline had been married to Norris for five years and was a mother of two and a grandmother; her family and friends continue to grieve and seek answers.

Does anyone with information about the couple, the residence at 445 29th Street, or activity in Ensley that night have tips for Birmingham Police’s Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers?