Tawanda Denise Thomas, 40, was found shot to death in her apartment at the Alpine Village complex on the 1400 block of 13th Avenue South in Birmingham on November 8, 2015. Responding officers arrived after a 911 call and investigators initially identified a domestic dispute as a possible motive.

Suspicion focused on her son, Corey Bullock Jr. Evidence collected by investigators led to his arrest; bond was set at $100,000 and he was formally charged with murder. The case went to trial in May 2017, and a Jefferson County jury convicted Bullock Jr. of the lesser offense of manslaughter. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison for Thomas’s death.

Anyone who knew Tawanda Denise Thomas or has information about the events leading up to November 8, 2015, is asked to come forward.