Stallworth Staying Put In An Alabama Jail Cell

Florida Alabama A judge found probable cuase to hold Donald Stallworth one of the seven men charged with the murders of Byrd and melanie Billings until an extradition order can be worked out.

by Jessica Taloney

Published: Mon, July 20, 2009 - 3:42 pm CST Last Updated: Mon, July 20, 2009 - 3:44 pm CST

One of the seven men charged with the murders of a Florida panhandle couple will remain jailed in Brewton.

An Escambia County, Alabama judge ruled this afternoon there is probable cause to hold 28-year-old Donald Stallworth without bond pending an extradition order from Governor Bob Riley.

Stallworth, a staff sergeant with the US Air Force, appeared in a Brewton courtroom with more than 20 supporters including his mother sitting on the front rows.

An investigator testified Stallworth was one of the gunmen who entered the home of Byrd and Melanie Billings on July 9th, stole a safe and shot the couple to death. The investigator would not say who pulled the trigger, but he did say Stallworth carried the stolen safe out of the house.

The governors of Florida and Alabama have 24 days to work out an extradition order.

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Rusty Says:

Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 4:23 pm

Sent him back to Fla. and let them pay for him to sit on death row for 15 or 20 years. That in itself is to good for him and the others involved in that killing.