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| Elizabeth Dawn Austin Curtis Lee Austin |
Investigators discovered a body buried in a
shallow grave in Etowah County Wednesday.
The chief investigator for the Sheriff's Office, Mike Jones,
said they received a call Tuesday afternoon from the Marshall County Sheriff's
Office about a missing persons case.
Jones said They're working a homicide in their county and
they had developed some information that they thought maybe the possible victim
was in Etowah county.
Investigators located what they thought might be a possible
grave site. They posted deputies through
the night so they could work out here in the daylight on Wednesday.
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| Judith McElroy Carranza |
They discovered what is human remains in a shallow grave in
a chert pit.
Marshall County investigators identified the body as
60-year-old Judith McElroy Carranza.
Carranza lived in Horton, and her family contacted local law
enforcement April 1 to report she was missing.
Marshall County Sheriff Scott Walls said his deputies joined the case
Monday, and got a tip Tuesday that led investigators to the chert pit in Etowah
County. Police in Panama City, Florida,
arrested 21-year-old Elizabeth Dawn Austin of Horton, Alabama for murder and the Marshall
County Sheriff's Office is working to bring Austin back to the county where
bond is set at $250,000. A second person
24 year old Curtis Lee Austin of Horton, is also in custody in Panama City and
awaits extradition to the Marshall County Jail in Guntersville. He and Elizabeth Austin are accused of
killing 60-year-old Judith McElroy Carranza.
Curtis Austin had active warrants out of Etowah County, Alabama for
armed robbery. Elizabeth Austin had an
active warrant for Marshall County, Alabama for murder and Etowah County,
Alabama wished for a hold to be placed on her for armed robbery. Both are held in florida awaiting extradition
back to Alabama
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