ALColdCaseAdvocacy

Non-profit org raising awareness for unsolved AL homicides & missing persons w/the power of social media & #Unforgotten podcast.

[ALColdCaseAdvocacy @ALColdCase]

📰𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭) 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞

Many people across Alabama may remember the Amber Alert that went out in 2024 after a man allegedly shot his wife and left with their young son.

That man was Willie Edward McClain.

According to court records, McClain was charged with attempted murder and custodial interference after allegedly shooting his wife and leaving the scene with their child. At the time of the incident, McClain was already out on bond in a separate domestic violence case after he allegedly struck his wife in the face.

In December 2025, a Jefferson County grand jury indicted McClain on the attempted murder charge, and bond was set at $60,000.

Earlier this week, a preliminary hearing was held where McClain entered a plea of not guilty. He is currently being held in the Jefferson County Jail on failure to appear charges.

What some people may not realize is that McClain was also charged in connection with the 1997 murder of 28-year-old Huelon “Juice” Hardwick. That case was later dismissed, and no one has ever been held accountable for Huelon’s death.

Nearly three decades later, Huelon’s family is still waiting for answers.

If you know something about what happened to Huelon in 1997, now is the time to come forward. You can contact Birmingham Police Department, Alabama, Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, or Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama.

Justice should never have an expiration date.

#HuelonHardwick #unsolved #unforgotten #Birmingham #Alabama #JeffersonCounty

[Catch_LISK @Catch_LISK]

Tanya & Tatiana
#TipTuesday #Gilgo #TanyaDeniseJackson #TatianaMarieDykes
Did you happen to work with Tanya, or visited her job and remember her? If you know anything, no matter how insignificant, please say something..anonymously, you can use the Nassau County Crime Stoppers tip line at 1-800-244-TIPS (8477) #catchlisk

[ALColdCaseAdvocacy @ALColdCase]

𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝟓: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐃

On June 1, 2012, Donnie Holland was scheduled to meet with investigators.

He never made it.

Instead, a 911 call went out from River Road, where Donnie was found alive inside a black Suburban with a GSW to the head.

For years, the circumstances surrounding Donnie’s death have been discussed, debated, and speculated about. But when we compared the public narrative to the records, several details didn’t line up.

In Part 5 of our Brittney Wood Case Review series, we examine the 911 call, the phone activity unfolding at the same time, conflicting accounts about who made the call, Wendy Holland’s later statement about retrieving her phone from Donnie’s vehicle, the missing calls described in Medical Examiner records, the phone that left the scene, the autopsy findings, and claims made in *Monster in the Shadows* that are not supported by the records.

Some of the circumstances surrounding Donnie’s death are suspicious.

But not always for the reasons the public has been told.
This installment contains discussion of suicide, self-harm, child sexual abuse allegations, graphic details related to a death investigation, phone activity analysis, publicly available records, and archived statements gathered during our ongoing review of the case.

Read Part 5 here https://t.co/4lIwxUFxEM

As always, if you have information related to Brittney Wood’s disappearance, we encourage you to contact Mobile Police Department .
#BrittneyWood #Mobile #Robertsdale #Alabama #MobileCounty #BaldwinCounty #Missing #Unforgotten #CaseReview #BetheSpark #AlabamaColdCaseAdvocacy

[ALColdCaseAdvocacy @ALColdCase]

𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝟒: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐘 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐃

After Brittney Wood’s phone activity stopped during the early morning hours of May 31, 2012, Donnie Holland’s movements didn’t stop.

Phone records, tower activity, BOLO alerts, CAD logs, and later statements trace a timeline that moved across Baldwin and Mobile Counties in the hours leading up to Donnie’s death.

In Part 4 of our Brittney Wood Case Review series, we examine:
• Donnie’s overnight movements after leaving Styx River
• Repeated attempts to contact Brittney throughout May 31
• Communication with Wendy, the Moores, and Pinger/TextFree numbers
• The unexplained “possible suicide” report created more than two hours before the documented 911 call
• Discrepancies between AT&T records and later statements contained in Medical Examiner records
• Wendy Holland’s 2026 interview statements
• And a final unanswered detail involving Donnie’s phone at the exact time the 911 call was unfolding

This installment contains timelines, phone activity analysis, publicly available records, and archived statements gathered during our ongoing review of the case.

Read Part 4 https://t.co/HqjHkYVoiA

As always, if you have information related to Brittney Wood’s disappearance, we encourage you to contact Mobile Police Department.
#BrittneyWood #ColdCase #MissingPersons #Alabama #TrueCrime #Investigation #Unsolved

[ALColdCaseAdvocacy @ALColdCase]

Fourteen years ago, on May 30, 2012, Brittney Wood left her mother's home for the last time.

For 14 years, her family has lived with unanswered questions. Fourteen years of searching. Fourteen years of missed birthdays, holidays, milestones, and moments that should have included Brittney.

Today, we released *Unforgotten: Season 4, Episode 2, Part 1 – The Disappearance of Brittney Wood.*

We chose to release this episode today because Brittney deserves to be remembered every day, but especially today. She deserves to have her name spoken. Her story deserves to be told. And those who love her deserve to know that she has not been forgotten.

As we begin this series, we invite you to listen, share, and help keep Brittney's story alive.

Because after 14 years, she is still missing.
And she is still loved.

📷 *Unforgotten: Season 4, Episode 2, Part 1 – The Disappearance of Brittney Wood* is available now.

[ALColdCaseAdvocacy @ALColdCase]

#brittneywood #missing #unforgotten

[ALColdCaseAdvocacy @ALColdCase]

No matter how solemnly or emotionally it is felt, sometimes there is little that can be said in heartfelt gratitude but thank you…

From ACCA to those lost live in their service to our country and to their families, thank you and blessings.
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[ALColdCaseAdvocacy @ALColdCase]

📰 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖: 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐘 𝐖𝐎𝐎𝐃 — 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝟑

For years, the public version of what happened on May 30, 2012, seemed relatively straightforward.

But the records tell a far more complicated story.

In Part 3, we reconstructed Brittney Wood’s final known movements using cellphone records, tower data, archived reporting, documentary statements, and public interviews spanning more than a decade.

The timeline raises difficult questions.

If Brittney told Chessie she was going to meet Donnie Holland, why were there later statements suggesting she was actually headed to meet a friend named Kourtney?

If Brittney never returned home after leaving Lenardo Drive, how did Chessie know Donnie had allegedly given her $300 earlier that evening?

And why did Brittney’s phone ultimately register its final known ping near Grand Bay at 1:47 AM — roughly 50 miles from Styx River — while Donnie’s records indicate he was back on the road again?

This installment examines:
• the repeated communications between Brittney and Donnie throughout the day,
• the timeline surrounding her departure,
• conflicting public accounts over the years,
• and the final traceable activity associated with Brittney’s phone.

🔗 https://t.co/e9tgjkIBzB

#BrittneyWood #Mobile #Alabama #Robertsdale #MobileCounty #BaldwinCounty #Missing #CaseSeries #Unforgotten #AlabamaColdCaseAdvocacy

[Catch_LISK @Catch_LISK]

#BethEllenVinson
It's #TipTuesday and we need your help to bring more attention to Beth-Ellen's #Unresolved murder and to bring more pressure to Raleigh, North Carolina PD.

On August 23, 1994, approximately four weeks after Beth Ellen Vinson, a 17-year-old white female, left her home in Goldsboro, North Carolina, and went to Raleigh to work and save enough money to get to New York, her body was found. Ms. Vinson’s body had been covered with cardboard, and left between two warehouses on Wicker Road. Ms. Vinson who worked for an escort service was last seen at 2:30 a.m. on August 16, 1994, when she left her apartment to meet a client. At 5:30 a.m. her 1990 white four door Mazda 626 was found at the entrance of a car dealership on Capital Boulevard.

Continuing investigation of this homicide, determined that Ms. Vinson was in possession of four pieces of jewelry and a multi-colored cloth purse the morning of her homicide. These items have never been recovered.

Medical examination disclosed that Ms. Vinson had been stabbed in excess of 15 times.

To learn more about Beth-Ellen and her case, you can listen to the previous episodes on Spotify or Apple podcast by searching, Who Killed Beth-Ellen. You can also join the Facebook group to share in the conversations and be among the first to know when new episodes drop.

If you have information about Beth-Ellen's case, please call 1-866-tips-4-BE or email [email protected]

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[Catch_LISK @Catch_LISK]

Victims’ families should never have to watch offenders or their family or surrogates profit from violence, trauma, and notoriety.
Join the fight for accountability by urging NY lawmakers to pass #A6730 and strengthen New York’s Son of Sam laws.
Call your representatives. Share this message.
Demand action.
#PassA6730 #JusticeForVictims #SonOfSamLaw #Gilgo
@judygriffinny @LeroyComrie @NYSA_Majority

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[ALColdCaseAdvocacy @ALColdCase]

As the day comes to a close and our time this weekend spent with family pulled on our heartstrings, made memories of smiles and love. Time with friends provided care, laughter, and support.

But we also hold a special place in our hearts for those whom days like Mother’s Day is special in a different way. For some it’s somber, melancholy - but holds just as an important meaning for a mother or mother figure…a daughter or son or someone cared for like a child…lost to violence or to the unknown.

Blessings to all of you on this day and every day. 💐

#HappyMothersDay #NoMoreColdCases #Hope #resolution #love

[Lenise Ligon @LeniseLigon]

Ibraheem Yazeed was sentenced to life in prison this Thursday following his conviction for the 2019 death of the 19-year-old Aniah Blanchard..

[Catch_LISK @Catch_LISK]

'Peaches' case: New DNA test ordered for Andrew Dykes, charged with killing a woman previously associated with the Gilgo Beach serial murder case..

A Nassau County judge on Tuesday ordered a former Tennessee state trooper charged with killing and dismembering his former lover to submit DNA for prosecutors to compare with previous samples, according to court papers.

Andrew Dykes, 66, of Florida, pleaded not guilty last December under an indictment for the second-degree murder of Tonya Denise Jackson, whose 1997 death was once tied to the Gilgo Beach serial murders.

Dykes and Jackson had met in the military and had a 2-year-old girl, Tatiana Marie Dykes. The toddler's remains were also found near the remains of other women whose killings were eventually determined to have been committed by the Gilgo Beach serial killer, now known to be Rex A. Heuermann.

No one has been charged in Tatiana's killing, but the district attorney has said Dykes is the prime suspect in her death.

Jackson and the toddler were living in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, according to prosecutors, when they disappeared. The district attorney said that Dykes, who also lived in Brooklyn, never reported them missing.

Jackson’s dismembered body was found in a Rubbermaid container emitting a foul odor by a man taking part in a fishing clinic at Hempstead Lake Park on June 28, 1997, authorities said. Forensic lab technicians recovered sperm from a vaginal swab during the autopsy, prosecutors said.

At the time, the remains had not been identified, so investigators called her “Peaches” based on the distinctive tattoo she had.

Tatiana’s body was found dumped off Ocean Parkway near Jones Beach in 2011. Investigators determined the two were mother and daughter because both wore similar pieces of jewelry and DNA testing in 2023 confirmed it, according to authorities.

A birth certificate in Texas reported Dykes to be the father of Tatiana and Nassau County investigators visited him in Florida in October 2024 to discuss the murders.

He denied being involved, but detectives were able to return from the visit with a discarded drink straw from which they extracted a DNA sample.

Comparing the DNA from the straw with the genetic material from the vaginal swab taken from Jackson, forensic technicians concluded that it was “12 million times” more probable that both samples came from Dykes than from someone else.

Now, prosecutors seek to take another DNA sample from a swab of Dykes cheek to further compare under a more controlled environment.

In court papers, defense attorney Joseph LoPiccolo opposed the additional sample, saying it violated his client’s constitutional right against an unreasonable search and seizure.

He said, “The mere presence of sperm does not establish that Mr. Dykes was involved in the death of Ms. Jackson. There are no other evidentiary factors, physical or scientific, which connect the presence of DNA from Mr. Dykes to the crime of Murder.”

LoPiccolo asked that if state Supreme Court Justice Tammy Robbins authorized the cheek swab, there should be two samples — one for the defense and one for the prosecution.

Dykes lawyer also asked the judge to limit local and federal law enforcement to use the new sample only for comparison in the Jackson murder case — not any other unsolved crimes.

On Tuesday, the judge signed an order based on the prosecutor’s request to have Nassau County police take a cheek swab from Dykes on May 15, his next court date.

@Janon_Fisher

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[ALColdCaseAdvocacy @ALColdCase]

𝙔𝙚𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙬… we made the finals

Alabama Cold Case Advocacy has officially been named a 2026 Nappie Awards Finalist in TWO categories:

📷 Best Local Website/Blog
📷 Best Local Facebook/Instagram Page

If our work, advocacy, case coverage, podcasts, graphics, billboards, or support for families and law enforcement agencies has meant something to you, we’d be incredibly honored to have your vote.

📷 Starting at 3 PM today, you can vote daily through May 31
📷 Media Category
📷 Link to vote: https://t.co/pwLdFMhcCv

Thank you for believing in what we do and helping us keep these cases and victims in the public eye. Every share, vote, and interaction helps more than you know.
#Nappies2026 #RhinestoneRodeo #Media #AlabamaColdCaseAdvocacy #VoteDaily #MobileAL #ColdCaseAdvocacy

[ALColdCaseAdvocacy @ALColdCase]

📷𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖: 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝 - 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟐 𝐈𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞.
This next installment in our Case Review: Brittney Wood series picks up on May 30, 2012 — the last known day — and walks through what was publicly known as the timeline began to take shape.

Not what we know now.

Not what was uncovered later.

But what was reported, believed, and understood in real time.

As you read, you’ll see how quickly a narrative formed — and how, even in those earliest days, not every account aligned.

The details were there. Just not always in the same place.

📷 Read Part 2 https://t.co/T7O79SddoT

#BrittneyWood #MissingPerson #ColdCase #TrueCrimeCommunity #Unsolved #AlabamaCases #JusticeForBrittney #ACCA #CaseReview #BeTheSpark

[ALColdCaseAdvocacy @ALColdCase]

Before our Case Review: Brittney Wood Part 2 goes live, we want you to see this first.

🕯️ These graphics lay out the timeline exactly as it was publicly known in the earliest days of Brittney Wood’s disappearance.

No hindsight. No added context. Just what people believed they knew at the time.

We’re sharing this for a reason.

Take a minute and walk through it. Look at the timing. The sequence. The gaps.

Ask yourself what stands out. What feels consistent… and what doesn’t.

Because in Part 2 of our Case Review: Brittney Wood series, we’re going to wrap up this phase of the timeline — the version of events the public was given — before we begin looking at what came next.

And once you see it laid out like this, it’s hard to look at it the same way again.

Stay with us.

#BrittneyWood #Mobile #Alabama #MobileCounty #Robertsdale #BaldwinCounty #Missing #Unforgotten #CaseReview #ColdCase #Part2 #BetheSpark #AlabamaColdCaseAdvocacy

[ALColdCaseAdvocacy @ALColdCase]

CASE REVIEW: BRITTNEY WOOD

PART 1: The Public Timeline

On May 30, 2012, Brittney Wood disappeared.
In the years since, a timeline has taken shape through media reports, court records, and public statements. It’s a version of events many have come to accept.

This is where we start.

Part 1 of our case review series walks through that timeline as it was presented to the public—piece by piece, in the order it’s believed to have occurred.

Because before you can examine what doesn’t line up, you have to understand what’s been told.

🔗 Read Part 1: https://t.co/W67gkZvFXS

#BrittneyWood #Missing #ColdCase #Unsolved #TrueCrime #Unforgotten #BetheSpark #AlabamaColdCaseAdvocacy

[ALColdCaseAdvocacy @ALColdCase]

𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 | 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞

On October 17, 2007, Michael Boyette was last seen near his home on Rainbow Lake Road in Grand Bay. He was walking toward a wooded area and has not been seen since.

There were no confirmed sightings after that moment. No calls. No contact. Just a sudden absence that has never been explained.

Michael was 28 years old, standing 6’1” and weighing around 175 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.

Somewhere along that path, something changed—and someone may know what.
If you have any information, please contact Mobile County Sheriff’s Office (TEAM SHERIFF ) at 251-574-2423.

Because his story did not end in those woods.

#MichaelBoyette #GrandBay #Alabama #MobileCounty #Missing #Unforgotten #Listen #Act #Advocate #BetheSpark #AlabamaColdCaseAdvocacy

[ALColdCaseAdvocacy @ALColdCase]

𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 | 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭

On June 24, 1994, Michael Allen Wright was last seen late at night, sometime between 11:00 p.m. and midnight, leaving a residence he shared with friends in Saraland.

He didn’t take everything with him. Some of his clothing remained behind, while most of his personal belongings were still at his mother’s home.

From that point on, there has been no confirmed contact. Investigators believe foul play may be involved.

Michael was 20 years old, standing 5’3” and weighing around 115 pounds, with black hair and hazel eyes.

Someone may remember that night, that house, or something that didn’t sit right in the days that followed.

If you have any information, please contact Saraland Police Department at 251-675-5331.

Because answers have been missing for far too long.

#MichaelWright #Saraland #Alabama #MobileCounty #Missing #Unforgotten #Listen #Act #Advocate #BetheSpark #AlabamaColdCaseAdvocacy