Personal Redemption

[BZ770]

I worked with this guy and he was murdered in a neighborhood very close to my house.  They caught the 3 dirtbags today.  Supposedly he had left home and came back and caught them robbing his house and they shot him.  He hadn't been working at my plant for very long but he was a really nice guy and I hated something like this happened to him.  I know his family is relieved.

Christopher Kyser Miree, 23, was shot during a robbery on April 16, and died the next day.
MOBILE, Alabama -- Mobile police arrested two men Sunday morning and charged them with capital murder, while a third suspect turned himself in Sunday night and a fourth remained on the loose, all in connection with the April 16 home invasion slaying of Christopher Kyser Miree.

A 23-year-old engineer who worked for the Chevron Corp. refinery in Pascagoula, Miree was found shot in the head at 4 Macy Place, the residence he shared with Curtis Wright, a co-worker.

Miree, who police say was home alone at the time of shooting, died in a hospital the next day.

Jamal Breon Lang, 20, and Michael Jerome Lee, 19, and Bo Taylor, 18, remained in Mobile County Metro Jail without bail Sunday, while police continued to look for Ernest Wiggins, 19.
  
Lang was arrested at 1:30 a.m. Sunday at his Magnolia Lane residence on the city's south side. Lee was arrested several hours later at 6 a.m. at his Mercedes Road residence in northwest Mobile. Both men were taken into custody without incident, according to police.

Taylor turned himself in at police headquarters about 6 p.m. Sunday.

The arrests were made possible by an anonymous tip, according to Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson Jr., who said the slaying and robbery could be described as a home invasion.

Officer Christopher Levy, a Mobile police spokesman, said Sunday that Miree and the suspects did not "appear to know each other."

"Their intent was to rob him," Levy said.
Levy would not say what was taken during the robbery.

Attempts to reach Wright, who neighbors said is not currently living at the Macy Place home, were unsuccessful.

Miree's family offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for his death. But
Tyson said his "general impression was the information came to us for reasons other than for a reward."

A bail hearing for Lang and Lee was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in Mobile County District Court, according to the jail docket.

Conviction of capital murder carries the possibility of the death sentence.

According to online Alabama court records, Lee was arrested March 16 in Mobile County on charges of first-degree possession of marijuana and possession and receiving controlled substances.

Both cases were waived to the grand jury, court records showed.

Lee also pleaded guilty May 18 to a charge of driving with a suspended license in a case out of Baldwin County, the records showed. He was fined $100 and charged a total of $167.50 in court costs.

A check of Lang in Alabama court documents showed no adult arrests.

Miree was born and raised in Birmingham and graduated last year from Vanderbilt University, where he studied mechanical engineering.

Miree's father called the arrests "great news for us." Benjamin Miree congratulated the Mobile police for their continued work on the case. "They just wouldn't let go," he said.

The Birmingham father said he heard the news of the first arrest about 3:45 a.m. Sunday when he received a call from a Mobile Police Department representative.

"There's no joy in this for us because nothing will bring him back," Benjamin Miree said. "It was a botched robbery attempt; they took him away for 100 bucks."

Following Sunday's arrest, police were comparing Miree's death and the June 28 slaying of Zoa White, whose body was found inside her Spring Hill Avenue home. White died of "blunt force trauma to the head," according to police.

Her house was about a mile from the Macy Place home where Miree was killed.

Tyson said he does not believe the two slayings are connected and cautioned people living in the area to stay on alert.

"I think we have different kinds of crimes here, both murders, but totally different circumstances," Tyson said. He said he could not discuss how they are different.

No arrests have been made in White's death.

"We are still following up on leads," Levy said.
  
As news of the arrests spread through Midtown, there were reactions of relief and caution.

John Conrad, a neighbor of Miree's, said, "We're relieved. We have been affected by this, and I hope this gives everybody a chance to heal.

"These two fellows (Miree and Wright) were the good guys. They went to college, studied hard and did all the right things," Conrad said.

James West, who lives on a nearby street and relays Midtown community news online, said, "I'm optimistically hopeful that these are the people responsible for this. With this happening two blocks away, it's weighed on everyone's mind, and there's still a lot of crime in this area that needs to be addressed."

Michelle Nolen-Schmidt, president of the Historic Murphy District Association, said, "I am very relieved for the Miree family. At the same time, the ages of the suspects -- 18 to 20 -- is a major concern to me."

She expressed concern that at a meeting attended by more than 300 people at Murphy High school in May, the group was told by Councilman William Carroll that "if there was an imminent threat to your life, the police would have already told you."

"If this was related to a robbery, I'd like to know when the police came to that conclusion," Nolen-Schmidt said. "We had so little information for so long."

(This report was written by Renee Busby and Mark R. Kent.  The Birmingham News also contributed to this report.)

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/07/arrest_of_suspects_in_kyser_mi.html

[CCTAU]

These are the types of human scum we need to be using to stop the flow of oil in the gulf...head first.


I implore each of you to learn to shoot and legally carry. Would it have saved these guys? Who knows. But a small chance is better than no chance.

[Token]

My guess is, the turd who turned himself in after 2 were arrested gave the anonymous tip.  Didn't want to come in first or everyone would know he was the rat.  It's a damn shame that people will actually do something so fucking ridiculous for a few hundred dollars.

I implore each of you to learn to shoot and legally carry. Would it have saved these guys? Who knows. But a small chance is better than no chance.

I agree 150%.  Get a permit.  Get a reliable hand gun and keep it close.  You never know what you may walk into.   

[GH2001]

I agree 150%.  Get a permit.  Get a reliable hand gun and keep it close.  You never know what you may walk into.   

I second that. And is the general concept of it being a constitutional right in our country - protection.

[Saniflush]

My guess is, the turd who turned himself in after 2 were arrested gave the anonymous tip.  Didn't want to come in first or everyone would know he was the rat.  It's a damn shame that people will actually do something so fucking ridiculous for a few hundred dollars.

I agree 150%.  Get a permit.  Get a reliable hand gun and keep it close.  You never know what you may walk into.   

Be judged by 12 rather than carried by 6 I always say.

[Tiger Wench]

I have a handgun that I keep at home, but I have decided that before this year is out, I will get my CHL and be all legal and shit under Texas law.  I am not interested in packing heat to Kroger, but I don't want to have an issue if I carry in my car either.

[CCTAU]

I have a handgun that I keep at home, but I have decided that before this year is out, I will get my CHL and be all legal and shit under Texas law.  I am not interested in packing heat to Kroger, but I don't want to have an issue if I carry in my car either.

Crazy people shop Publix.....

[Jumbo]

My guess is, the turd who turned himself in after 2 were arrested gave the anonymous tip.  Didn't want to come in first or everyone would know he was the rat.  It's a damn shame that people will actually do something so fucking ridiculous for a few hundred dollars.

I agree 150%.  Get a permit.  Get a reliable hand gun and keep it close.  You never know what you may walk into.   
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I have 6 so far, with a permit......great advice.

[Tiger Wench]

My guess is, the turd who turned himself in after 2 were arrested gave the anonymous tip.  Didn't want to come in first or everyone would know he was the rat.  It's a damn shame that people will actually do something so fucking ridiculous for a few hundred dollars.

I agree 150%.  Get a permit.  Get a reliable hand gun and keep it close.  You never know what you may walk into.  

I have 6 so far, with a permit......great advice.

Good thing the quote function is not a home invader - you'd be fucked.

[Jumbo]

I have 6 so far, with a permit......great advice.



Good thing the quote function is not a home invader - you'd be fucked.
 

[Saniflush]

I have 6 so far, with a permit......great advice.



Good thing the quote function is not a home invader - you'd be fucked.

It's like he loves the quote function to pistol whip him.

[BZ770]

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/08/kyser_miree_begged_for_life.html#incart_mce

Here is an update on the murders.  I wish these guys would get the same death, they delt Keyser.

[JR4AU]

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/08/kyser_miree_begged_for_life.html#incart_mce

Here is an update on the murders.  I wish these guys would get the same death, they delt Keyser.

From the media account, it sounds like a pretty strong case.  And it's the type of case that surely warrants the death penalty.