Silverhill Man Killed & Then Set On Fire

Alabama Murder The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office now says 51-year-old Robert Aitcheson was dead before someone set his mobile home on fire.

by Jamie Burch

Published: Thu, January 29, 2009 - 12:56 pm CST

The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office is now investigating the death of a Silverhill man as a murder.

51-year-old Robert Aitcheson's body was found Wednesday morning in what was left of his mobile home on Holston Street. An autopsy shows Aitcheson was dead before the fire.

The Sheriff's Office will wait for a final report from the state forensics lab to release the cause of death.

Anyone with information about this case or Aitcheson is asked to call the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office at 251.937.0202 or 251.972.6802.

News 5 will have more on this developing story tonight on News 5 at 5:00 and 6:00.

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DEW26M Says:

Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 5:35 pm

Jamie Burch, seriously since when does WKRG reporters care about the feelings of those who just lost a loved one? Shall I go back and point out some of the tasteless articles in which first pop into my mind? Such as, but not limited to the Article Cover picture of a young man’s body lying covered in the street who was killed on Christmas Eve(that was on the site for a week even after I mentioned how tasteless it was)! I believe that the more likely scenario was that a photo was requested and denied. Don’t get me wrong, I love this news site, but don’t expect me or anyone who frequents this site to believe that WKRG Reporters respect the feelings of those who recently lost a loved one.
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Just in case there’s any question as to what I’m talking about. This is the first thing I seen Christmas morning when I signed into the site!
http://www.wkrg.com/crime/article/christmas_eve_murder_on_alba_club_road/22124/

ASK YOURSELF, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THAT WERE YOUR CHILD????

Jamie Burch Says:

Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 5:13 pm

Sweetassuga,

That is not a mugshot. It’s a drivers license photo.

Instead of asking family members for a photo of a loved one they had just lost in a grizzly homicide, we asked police for a drivers license photo.

tjd090359 Says:

Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 4:58 pm

um it’s a shame one has to comment like this… Bob was a much loved man and will be sorely missed. this whole thing is surreal.

Sirk Says:

Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:39 pm

People are always wondering what the dead guy looked like, what the guy looked like that got beat up, what the pervert looks like, so I guess WKRG feels like someone is going to ask that question so they go ahead and dig up a photo of the person. Not many family members hang around waiting on the media to show up and ask for a photo.

People gripe when the just put a inanimate object on here or a cartoon so might as well have a good picture.

Besides how do you know this is a mug shot? He doesn’t have a chart behind him or anything that makes it look like a mug shot. This could be a driver’s license picture.

Sweetassuga04 Says:

Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:26 pm

Why does WKRG put always choose the mug-shots of people to put on here? Especially after they are dead….this is like the third one I’ve seen! Pretty classy guys! :/