Darlene Rawlins, 54, was found dead in the rear cargo area of her own white SUV on January 26, 2017, after a motorist reported blood dripping from the vehicle. Police traced the vehicle to a Foley parking lot and found Christopher Paul Corson, 36, in the driver’s seat reportedly covered in blood. Early reports identified her as Adell Darlene Rawlins of Robertsdale while investigators worked to determine where the killing occurred.

Authorities later said Rawlins had been shot once in the head and that her death was ruled a homicide. A .38-caliber revolver found in the SUV was believed to be the murder weapon. Detectives recovered one of Rawlins’s missing shoes and other evidence in an open field off County Road 34 in Summerdale, which investigators said helped anchor the state’s theory that her body had been moved.

Corson was arrested and charged with murder the same night the body was discovered; reporting said bond was set at $1.5 million and that investigators later testified he confessed, saying he shot Rawlins, placed her body in the SUV, and drove away with her inside. Anyone who knew Rawlins or has information about where she was between January 25 and 26, 2017, is asked to come forward.