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On the morning of October 16, 1994, five people were found shot execution-style at the Changing Times Lounge in Birmingham, Alabama. Among the victims were Pamela Jo Hogg Dodd, a female employee, and her husband Lester Edward Dodd; three patrons—William A. Nelson, Sr., James Watkins, and Florence Adell Elliott—were also killed. Investigators reported that victims had suffered gunshot wounds to the head from two different handguns and that the bar had been ransacked, the cash register emptied, and personal effects scattered.

Witnesses placed Stephen Pilley and Andrew Apicella at the lounge that night and said the men acted nervous. Testimony described Pilley asking whether Edward Dodd owned the bar and whether he was armed, and earlier that evening Pilley and Apicella were reportedly heard talking about ways to make easy money and obtaining firearms. Both men were arrested and charged; Pilley and Apicella were subsequently convicted of capital murder, with juries recommending death for Pilley and life without parole for Apicella, the latter sentence later changed by the trial judge.

Does anyone have information about the Changing Times Lounge that night or knew Pamela Jo Hogg Dodd and her husband?