A man found dead and decomposing in east Birmingham was the victim of a homicide, authorities announced Saturday.
The discovery was made about 8:15 a.m. Thursday by a person walking in the 3000 block of Jefferson State Parkway.
The body was found in a wooded area. The passerby flagged down a Jefferson County deputy who notified Birmingham police.
Initially the man’s death was unclassified, but an autopsy carried out by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Officer determined he was a victim of foul play, said Officer Truman Fitzgerald.
Authorities have not yet identified the man or said how he was killed.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and Jefferson State Community College campus police also responded to the scene.
The victim is Birmingham’s 126th homicide this year. Of those, eight have been ruled justifiable and two others happened in previous years, but the victims died in 2024.
In all of Jefferson County, there have been 160 homicides, including the 126 in Birmingham.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama at (205) 254-7777.
