A family call to police on the afternoon of June 19, 2018, led officers to 4008 Knollbrook Drive in Huntsville, Alabama, where three females were found shot to death. The victims were identified as 42-year-old Iris Koress Bynum, her 17-year-old daughter Heaven Hines, and Heaven’s 16-year-old friend Xzariah Rice.

Investigators focused on 43-year-old Rodney Shawn Geddes, who had been in a relationship with Bynum and had been living in the home until a recent separation. Geddes was located the next day in Franklin County, Tennessee, walking along Interstate 24 and taken into custody on unrelated charges; extradition to Huntsville followed. Madison County authorities secured capital murder warrants, and a grand jury later returned an indictment on three counts of capital murder. Geddes is being held in the Madison County Jail without bail awaiting trial.

The community continues to grieve these three lives cut short. Anyone with information about the events leading up to June 19, 2018, or who knew the victims is asked to come forward.