In the late afternoon of January 31, 2019, the body of 36-year-old John Betancourt was found in the Days Inn parking lot on Inn Road in Mobile, Alabama. He was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound, recorded as the city’s fifth homicide that year.

Police arrested 41-year-old Frederick Alexander on the morning of February 1, 2019, and charged him with Betancourt’s murder; Alexander also faced a charge of unlawful possession of a controlled substance. The investigation’s early phase, including possible indications of a personal dispute as a motive, was featured on an episode of the television series The First 48 titled The Grudge.

Anyone with information about Betancourt, his movements that day, or contacts who might shed light on a personal conflict in Mobile is asked to come forward.