Barbara Williamson Shaw was 49 when she died of a gunshot wound to the head in the early morning hours of July 10, 2022, at her residence on County Road 57 in Henry County. The victim was a Caucasian woman from Abbeville, Alabama.

Henry County authorities arrested and charged her boyfriend, Jamie Whitehead, after he allegedly fled to a neighbor’s house intoxicated and confessed to shooting Shaw. Whitehead is being held in the Henry County jail. A former neighbor and friend described the couple’s relationship as a really, really toxic relationship, saying police had been called at least 15 times for domestic violence and that she had previously testified against Whitehead after an earlier alleged incident in which he pulled a gun on Shaw. The neighbor also recalled hearing and witnessing physical assaults, and remembered Shaw as sweet but closely watched by her partner.

Does anyone have information about Barbara’s life in Abbeville or the incidents the neighbor mentioned?