Barry Wardell Gardner, 33, was found stabbed and pronounced dead at the William Donaldson Correctional Facility infirmary around 7 p.m. on February 22, 2022. He was discovered in an open-style dormitory; the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office ruled the death a homicide and opened an investigation.

Gardner was serving a 13-year sentence for burglary and theft and had served about 11 years; his most recent parole bid had been denied in August 2021. His killing was reported as one of several homicides at Donaldson around that time, part of a broader pattern of violence in the Alabama prison system.

No arrests, named suspects, or charges have been publicly reported in connection with the stabbing, and the investigation’s outcome has not been disclosed. If anyone has information about what happened to Barry Wardell Gardner at Donaldson in February 2022, please share what is known.