Rudolphus Wynn, 71, was found fatally wounded inside his Pleasant Grove home in the early hours of January 23, 2023. Responders were called to the 400 block of 13th Place North at about 3:17 a.m.; Wynn suffered sharp-force injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene around 3:39 a.m.

Authorities described the incident as a domestic confrontation. Wynn’s wife, Shirley Ann Wynn, was taken into custody the same day and booked into the Jefferson County Jail on a murder charge. Funeral arrangements were handled through Chambers Funeral Home, with services at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Fairfield and burial at Highland Memorial Gardens in Bessemer.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Rudolphus, please share what is known with investigators.