In the early morning hours of February 6, 2019, 35-year-old Fletcher Lewayne Tolbert was found dead on the porch of his mobile home in County Line Mobile Home Park in Valley, Alabama. The cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds to the torso. Deputies responded after a 911 call and neighbors later reported hearing several gunshots around 11:00 p.m. on February 5, the same time Tolbert finished his shift at Mando America Corporation in Opelika.

Tolbert was a father, a graduate of Bullock County High School, and held an Associate’s Degree in Engineering and Design Technology from Southern Union State Community College. Family and acquaintances remembered him as a loving son, brother, and a man of God with a great sense of humor. His body was sent to the Department of Forensic Sciences in Montgomery for post-mortem examination and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office has been investigating; no arrests have been publicly announced.

If anyone in the Valley area has information about the shooting or the events on the night of February 5, please share what you know to help the investigation.