Marla Jones, Managing Editor
FORT PAYNE, Ala.-- The Fort Payne Police Department received a call for a welfare check at a residence in Fort Payne on February 26.
When police arrived they found blood on the walls and floor, and two guns tossed in a bathroom. Glenda Hunter, 74 was slumped over the arm of a couch and covered in blood. Her husband, Mitchell Hunter, 75 was found unresponsive in a bedroom. Their son, Bent Hunter was found asleep in another room.
The couple was transported to Dekalb Regional by Dekalb Ambulance Service and then both were transferred to Erlanger Hospital in critical condition.
Mitchell Levoid Hunter was pronounced brain-dead after being transferred. Family members made the decision to take him off life support the next day.
Brent Preston Hunter, age 56 of Fort Payne was arrested and charged with (2) counts of Domestic Violence 1st, (2) counts of Elderly Abuse, Certain Persons Forbidden to Possess Firearms, and one count of murder.
On Wednesday, March 8, Hunter appeared in court for his first hearing after his arrest.
The judge ruled that Hunter would be held without bond until he appeared before a grand jury.
“Brent Hunter will be held without bail on those two cases, so that will give a lot of comfort to not only the community but also the family and his mother, who of course, is one of his victims” stated Summer Summerford, District Attorney for DeKalb and Cherokee Counties.
