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TREŚĆ:
A college student, her friend and the dog he was pet-sitting were all found shot dead in an attack that has left police puzzled.
Jazmine Alexis Bates, 22, who was studying at the University of Alabama, and 31-year-old Jose Felix Alvarez-Duenas, a single father of three, were identified as the victims.
The suspected killer has been arrested on capital murder charges after a tense, hours-long standoff with police. A motive is not known.Â
Police found the bodies after conducting a welfare check at the home in Brookwood, where Alvarez-Duenas had been looking after his friend’s dog, on Monday.
The pet’s owner was out of town and had been unable to reach Alvarez-Duenas for some time, so she checked her home’s surveillance cameras remotely.Â
Footage showed a man acting suspiciously on her back porch during the early morning hours of that day, so she contacted her landlord, who then requested police investigate.Â
When officers arrived, they immediately found Alvarez-Duenas’s body upon opening the front door. They searched the rest of the home and discovered Bates’s body in a closet. The dog was also found shot dead.Â
Police examined the surveillance footage and identified the suspect, 24-year-old De'Kendrick Crawford, who already had an outstanding felony warrant for shooting into an occupied building in May.
Investigators used evidence from the house and the surveillance footage to quickly obtain a separate capital murder warrant for Crawford.
Student Jazmine Alexis Bates, 22, was found dead at an Alabama home with a friend from work
Jose Felix Alvarez-Duenas, 31, was also found dead on July 6 at the Brookwood property, where he had been pet-sitting a friend’s dog. Above, with his three children
Police soon located the suspected murderer at a relative’s apartment. They attempted to get him to leave the home, but he refused.Â
Officers eventually breached the building and located Crawford hiding in an attic crawlspace.Â
’After four hours of tactical operations including drones, tear gas, tactical units – walls, doors being breached and attics being searched with K-9s, yeah, he gave up,’ Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office captain Jack Kennedy said at a press conference.
’He gave up only because he cared about himself more than he cared about his victims, and he knew that the guys that we sent up in that attic to get him would defend theirselves [sic] if he did anything,’ Kennedy added.Â
The police captain said there is no known reason or motive for Crawford’s alleged murders and why the victims were targeted.Â
’This subject right here – this is a terrible case,’ Kennedy said. 'These victims had no reason for this to happen to them.
’This individual here is responsible for what he did. No one did anything incorrect to cause this,’ Kennedy added.Â
’We don't know why he targeted them. They were not doing anything wrong. They had done nothing wrong to him. None of his acquaintances know why this occurred.’Â
Alvarez-Duenas and Bates were friends from work, as they were both employed at Buffalo Phil's restaurant in Tuscaloosa.Â
Crawford was arrested about ten hours after their bodies were found. He has been charged with capital murder of two or more persons and is being held in the Tuscaloosa County Jail without bond, according to the jail’s records. He has not yet entered a plea.
He has also been charged with firing a gun at an occupied building for his prior outstanding warrant.
De'Kendrick Crawford, 24, is accused of killing Bates, Alvarez-Duenas and the dog. He has been charged with capital murder of two persons
Police were called to do a wellness check at the home and found Bates’s body in a closet. She had been fatally shot
Bates would have graduated from the University of Alabama in December. Her friends and family described her as 'the kind of person you could always count on’
Crawford is accused of shooting multiple times at an occupied office building at the University of Alabama as he drove away after having been fired from a contract job on campus.
Police said that Crawford will likely be hit with multiple other charges as the murder investigation develops.
A spokesman for the University of Alabama said: 'We extend our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Jazmine Bates after this tragedy. UA staff have contacted her family to offer support.’
A representative for Buffalo Phil's restaurant, where Bates and Alvarez-Duenas worked together, said: 'There are simply no words to express the pain our team is feeling. They were more than employees — they were family.
’Their kindness, dedication and the joy they brought to our workplace will never be forgotten.’
A GoFundMe was set up to help Bates’s family cover the cost of funeral expenses and transportation arrangements to bring the student’s body to her home city of Chicago.
On the fundraising page, friends and family described the young woman as 'the kind of person you could always count on, reliable, selfless, and always willing to help anyone in need without hesitation.’ She would have graduated in December.Â
Alvarez-Duenas was the sole caregiver and provider for his four-year-old, nine-year-old and ten-year-old
A GoFundMe was also set up to help Alvarez-Duenas’s family cover funeral costs and provide financial support for his four-year-old, nine-year-old and ten-year-old children, as he was their sole caregiver and provider.Â
The father was described as 'the best dad to those babies, always putting their needs first and making sure they felt loved and safe.’
’He was also the best friend to many, a wonderful son, and a caring brother to his six sisters,’ the fundraiser added. 'Felix never met a stranger and would help anyone in any way he could, always offering a hand or a kind word to those in need.’
