Lanetta Mechelle Palacios, 32, was killed inside her McCalla, Alabama, home on Timber Leaf Loop during an apparent domestic dispute on April 7, 2024. Deputies and emergency crews were sent to the residence after a report of an unresponsive person; Palacios was found unresponsive in a room and pronounced dead at the scene at about 4:31 a.m. Authorities described the cause of death as apparent blunt force trauma.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office identified Lanetta’s husband, 36-year-old Peter Pablo Palacios of Bessemer, as the suspect and arrested him a few hours after her body was found. Because the attack occurred in the presence of at least one child under 14, he was charged with capital murder and booked into the Jefferson County Jail without bond. The Sheriff’s Office classifies this as a domestic violence homicide and continues to investigate the circumstances of the fatal altercation.

Did anyone in the area know Lanetta or have information about the events that led up to the early-morning disturbance?