Eric Buzbee Says He’s “Relieved”

Mobile Spanish Fort  Buzbee talks with News Five after being found not guilty in death of a Spanish Fort gas station owner.
by Steve Alexander
Published: Fri, October 30, 2009 - 7:13 pm CST Last Updated: Fri, October 30, 2009 - 8:39 pm CST
SPANISH FORT, Alabama - A Baldwin County man who stood trial for murder is now free.
A jury has acquitted Eric Buzbee for the beating death of gas station owner Bobby Wilson.
He walked out of the Baldwin County jail free and clear Friday.
When asked what he thought when he heard the "not guilty" verdict read, Buzbee said, "I just knew I was coming home to my family where I belong."
Eric Buzbee attended a get-together with family and friends shortly after being found not guilty.
Neighbors put up signs welcoming Buzbee home.
When asked what life has been like for the last few months, Buzbee said, "Pardon my language. Its been like hell."
Buzbee's attorney, John Beck, said, "This young man is coming home where he belongs, and where he should have been for the last two years."
Buzbee said he never lost confidence.
He said, "I knew what was coming, I just didn't know when."
Buzbee did say prosecutors offered him a plea bargain.
He said, "They offered me a deal. They wanted me to plead guilty to felony murder. I can't make any deals when I know I didn't do something."
And, Buzbee said, if he didn't have his 85 year old grandfather, he probably wouldn't be home today.
Leslie Busbee said, "I've got a good family of people and I don't like to see them mistreated and done unjustly and, this boy got it, up to his ears."
When asked what he was going to do, Eric Buzbee said he was "going to get a job and raise my family."
But, for now, "We're just having a little family reunion, and may have a home cooked meal here pretty soon and sleep in the bed, finally."
District Attorney Judy Newcomb said the case is closed, and still believes Buzbee killed Wilson.
The Wilson family would not talk after the verdict.
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I cannot help but think that the Wilson’s would want justice and want to KNOW who did this to Bobby. I do not know how they would not be jumping up and down demanding answers.

I would want everyone’s DNA tested to find out who the DNA under Mr. Wilson’s fingernails belonged to. I am a resident of Spanish Fort and want to know what happened and would personally like to see the drugs and criminals off the streets. We have a killer on the streets.

Eric Buzbee has been acquitted and is not guilty. Why is everyone not demanding to know the truth and what really happened?

Judy Newcome what a joke! You had the wrong person frm the start…

what joke by the wilsons what are they covering up 13 other suspects including 2 of there on makes you think dont it i would dna test all the ones on that list of people they might be shocked but they dont want the truth it seems or they would demand it thats there choice and another thing dont believe outcome would be any different know matter who tried it there NO evidence againt eric no blood in cellphone house truck and if such a crackhead did he turn into monk please nobody is that clean

If what you are saying is true will a Civil suit be filed?

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no $hit they’ve tried to get it thrown out the entire time saltgrass, because they know that it points to someone else, as does all the other evidence in this case. The DNA from underneath Mr. Wilsons fingernails that did not belong to himself not did it belong to Mr. Buzbee, a fingerpring off of a check that was found alongside the road did not match Mr. Buzbee. The prosecution and the DA’s office did not introduce one single shred of physical evidence during the course of this trial, that tied Mr. Buzbee to this crime. I spent some time in the courtroom and listened very closely. Someone needs to investigate the people who are close to the Wilson family. Several people admit to having been at Wilsons before the attack the morning of the attack, 1 person admits to having been hiding in the garage the morning of the attack, listening to an argument that Mr. Wilson was having with a man out front (she knows this man, as did Mr. Wilson and testifies that this person was not Mr. Buzbee), The inside of the location was reported to having been cleaned with a pressure washer so that the employees could open the store and do business for the day within about 2 hours of Mr. Wilson having been found robbed and beaten. I guess the DA would want some evidence and witness testimony thrown out!!!!! These are just a few of the things that i know about this case had room to list. The evidence that points towards other people was absolutely overwhelming. Glad you’re home Eric, we missed you!

The DA simply made the statement because they believe he was guilty

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well just like i said it’s not baldwin county he will have to answer to !!!!!! IT will be the BIG MAN!!! and when i say the big man i don’t mean baldwin couty ..  I MEAN GOD!!!!

Mustang Sally, I believe the Wilson family deserves justice. What happened to Mr. Wilson was horrible and to compound it and make it worse, the family had to sit through 3 trials and numerous hearings and relive it over and over. That is a travesty and the legal system in Baldwin County owes the family closure and they need to find who committed the crime.

I believe it is atrocious that Eric Buzbee sat in jail for 2 years for a crime that a jury of his peers acquitted him of doing. I was on the first jury and I also voted not guilty. There was not enough evidence to convince me that Eric Buzbee committed the crime. I listened very carefully and went through the evidence very carefully. In my opinion, the investigation was flawed from the beginning.

I believe that the DA owes the Wilson’s an apology as well as the Buzbee’s. I believe her comments on TV and Pylant’s comments to the paper insisting that Buzbee did it is reprehencible. They have tried the case 3 times. The jury has acquitted. LOOK for the real perpetrator if the crime and quit insisting you were right when you were wrong.

If they were so convinced they had it right, why did they not prove it in a court of law before 3 juries. Hmmm, could it be that they had it wrong all along and just are refusing to admit it? That is NOT what we elected the DA to do!

Well like i said before who ever did do it will have to live with it for the rest of his life.. And maybe Mr. Wilson Family will get peace one day… Because if you do the crime you will do the time one day.. It may not be hear on earth but like said they will have to answer to GOD!!!!!!!!

Not saying that he did or did not do it, but I hope everyone knows lack of “evidence” does not change facts. In todays society and legal system it is very possible to get away with murder, it is done every day all over the country. The only person alive who knows the truth is Eric Buzbee. If he did not do it, good for him. But face it, he may have and just got away with it. It happens…....

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