Foley Man Booked on Murder, Corpse Abuse Charges in Stepfather’s Death

A Foley man is facing murder and abuse of corpse charges after investigators say he killed his elderly stepfather inside their shared Baldwin County home.

William Alvin Minton, 55, was booked into the Baldwin County Corrections Center in Bay Minette on a Wednesday evening, held without bond on warrants accusing him of killing 87-year-old Kenneth Hood. Investigators believe the killing happened days earlier, inside the home the two men shared with Hood’s wife, who is also Minton’s mother.

According to investigators, Minton dismembered Hood’s body after the killing and hid the remains in multiple locations before leaving the area. He was later located at relatives’ homes in Millbrook, north of Montgomery, where he was taken into custody.

Court records show Minton had been out of a Georgia state prison for a little more than seven months at the time of his arrest, after serving a 20-year sentence stemming from the 1994 molestation of a 14-year-old girl. He had moved in with Hood and his mother following his release.

Baldwin County investigators have not publicly detailed a motive for the killing.

What happens next

Murder is a Class A felony in Alabama, and abuse of a corpse is a Class C felony. Felony cases in Baldwin County go to a grand jury, and if the grand jury returns an indictment the case moves to Baldwin County Circuit Court for trial.