A welfare check in Florence, Alabama, on the late evening of Sunday, November 5, 2017, led officers to a South Magnolia Street residence where 38-year-old Judy Turbyfill Staten was found dead from a single gunshot wound. Police secured the scene and ordered an autopsy by the Department of Forensic Science to confirm cause of death.

Investigators learned Staten and 49-year-old Eric Dewayne Bailey were in a relationship and had been seen together at multiple locations before the incident. Witness and family statements were used to help build a timeline. On November 6, 2017, after processing evidence from the house, detectives charged Bailey with Staten’s murder; he was held at the Lauderdale County Detention Center on a $50,000 bond. No motive was released.

Does anyone who knew Judy or saw her around South Magnolia or North Franklin on November 5 have information that could help clarify what happened?