Two charged in murder of Wellborn woman

Authorites in Calhoun county say that an 89 year old woman found dead Wednesday in her W   32 year old Walter Craig Pinkston and 30 year old Monica Marie Shively of Anniston have been charged with capitol murder in Alma Fleming’s death. Anniston police say that Mrs Flemming  hired the couple to help with chores such as yard work.   Calhoun County District Attorney Brian McVeigh said Thursday that Pinkston and Shively are charged with capital murder during the commission of a burglary. He said that a grand jury will decide whether the suspects also will be charged with committing murder during a robbery or kidnapping.  McVeigh said items were taken from the elderly woman’s home, but he would not elaborate on what was stolen.  Calhoun County Coroner Pat Brown pronounced Alma Fleming dead around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at her home on South Stebbins Street in Wellborn. An autopsy revealed Fleming had been stabbed multiple times in the chest, according to Brown. He said the attack likely happened Monday night.

ellborn home was stabbed to death.