Jonathan Hunter Martin was 31 and from Birmingham, Alabama when he died on May 13, 2021. He was a passenger in a Ford Explorer traveling south on Interstate 59/20 between Arkadelphia Road and Bush Boulevard when the SUV collided with an 18-wheeler parked on the shoulder in broad daylight. Initial reports described the event as a fatal crash investigators were still trying to explain.

In December 2021 Hogeland was charged with reckless murder and possession of a controlled substance, and Martin’s death was counted among Birmingham’s 2021 homicides under reckless-driving deaths. Available reports do not clearly detail any trial outcome, plea, or conviction connected to Martin’s death.

If anyone knew Jonathan or has information about the crash or what led up to it, please come forward to help clarify what happened.