Any Gumps have any additional details this attorneys murder?

Burglary gone bad.

Damn Barner can't tell the difference between Griffith and Finis St. John

Mentally ill guy believed Griffith was involved in a court case against him twenty years ago, Griffith wasn't. Crazy guy becomes infatuated with Griffith, decides to kill him. He enters their home, shoots Griffith in the head, gets into a struggle with the wife. The wife hits him with a bottle, the bottle breaks, then the wife stabs the guy in the throat with the bottle. Crazy guy bleeds out while the wife has a heart attack and is now in ICU.
That's the version I've been told.

As long as I can remember, Steve Griffith was THE prominent attorney in Cullman. Sheriff Gentry gave a press conference about it earlier today, he had some interesting things to say. It can be found on the "Cullman Today" FB page.

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It's sad what a mentally unstable person is capable of

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Sheriff Matt Gentry was very upset about the mental health issue in this case. As we all should be. I'm a firm believer we should be address punishment in the criminal justice system with a a strong eye on mental health and rehabilitation vs. incarceration. Of course, there are plenty of scenarios where incarceration and hard time are the correct solution.