On June 2, 2018, Lu Williams, 29, and his friend Cortez Antonio Tony Dees, 28, were found dead in a wooded area off a rural road near Garland in Butler County, Alabama. Both victims died of multiple gunshot wounds after being robbed, forced into a vehicle and kidnapped earlier that day.
Four people from Birmingham—Courtney Andrews, Nathaniel Anthony Fortune, Kaia Fortune, 18, and Johnathan Leonard Willis—are accused of targeting Williams and Dees. The victims were taken to Dees’s home, where a large amount of cash and drugs were taken, then driven to a secluded dirt road where they were shot. A car belonging to one of the victims was later found burned in an apparent attempt to destroy evidence.
Between September and October 2018, Andrews, Nathaniel Fortune, Kaia Fortune and Willis were arrested and charged with multiple counts of capital murder, tampering with physical evidence and offenses tied to the burglary, robbery and kidnapping; Andrews also faced a charge for making a false statement to investigators. Does anyone in the area remember seeing Williams or Dees, or have information about that night?