1 year ago
47
A Roebuck resident who lives in a house near where a missing Birmingham woman's burning body was found Thursday night said he never could've imagined he would make a discovery that gruesome so close to his home. Herbert Brown said he's lived on Tucker Avenue for 15 years. "I thought, Lord, who would do something like this?" Brown said. "Why would it have to be behind my house."Charred leaves are all that remain Friday after Brown said he woke up to flames right behind his backyard fence on Sellers Road the night before. "When I looked out my bedroom window, I seen a big flame," Brown said. "I mean, big flame out there. So I was curious like is somebody burning trash, so I go out there with a big flashlight and I look over the fence and there was this body on fire. The firefighters came, they put the fire out and the police stayed out there until 2 or 3 in the morning just scanning the place."Brown said it didn't take him long to realize who the woman he just saw was. "I seen this picture and it went through my mind, that's that lady out here that's burning," Brown said. "This shouldn't have happened to her like that."Birmingham police announced Friday the body was that of Jermiera Fowler, 31, who was last seen on Tuesday. Investigators said they believe Fowler was shot before her body was set on fire on Sellers Road, the street behind Tucker Avenue. Brown believes whoever is responsible knew what they were doing. Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WVTM 13 "That's a dead end and you'd have to know this area to want to cut off onto that street and go down through there because it's a church down that dead end, no traffic be there," Brown said. As police now search for Fowler's killer, there is one thing Brown noticed that he said he hopes can bring some solace to her family. "She was burning inside of a heart, so I knew she had to be a child of God," Brown said. Police have not yet made any arrests or discussed a possible motive.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —
A Roebuck resident who lives in a house near where a missing Birmingham woman's burning body was found Thursday night said he never could've imagined he would make a discovery that gruesome so close to his home.
Herbert Brown said he's lived on Tucker Avenue for 15 years.
"I thought, Lord, who would do something like this?" Brown said. "Why would it have to be behind my house."
Charred leaves are all that remain Friday after Brown said he woke up to flames right behind his backyard fence on Sellers Road the night before.
"When I looked out my bedroom window, I seen a big flame," Brown said. "I mean, big flame out there. So I was curious like is somebody burning trash, so I go out there with a big flashlight and I look over the fence and there was this body on fire. The firefighters came, they put the fire out and the police stayed out there until 2 or 3 in the morning just scanning the place."
Brown said it didn't take him long to realize who the woman he just saw was.
"I seen this picture and it went through my mind, that's that lady out here that's burning," Brown said. "This shouldn't have happened to her like that."
Birmingham police announced Friday the body was that of Jermiera Fowler, 31, who was last seen on Tuesday. Investigators said they believe Fowler was shot before her body was set on fire on Sellers Road, the street behind Tucker Avenue.
Brown believes whoever is responsible knew what they were doing.
Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WVTM 13
"That's a dead end and you'd have to know this area to want to cut off onto that street and go down through there because it's a church down that dead end, no traffic be there," Brown said.
As police now search for Fowler's killer, there is one thing Brown noticed that he said he hopes can bring some solace to her family.
"She was burning inside of a heart, so I knew she had to be a child of God," Brown said.
Police have not yet made any arrests or discussed a possible motive.
English (US)