A Bay Minette man is charged with murder after a deadly stabbing, and court records show it is not the first time he has been accused of killing someone.
Deputies with the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home on Wash Branch Road in Bay Minette just before 2 p.m. Monday. They found 56-year-old Terry Barnes dead in his front yard.
“It was a stabbing. Unfortunately, the victim was pronounced deceased on the scene,” said Capt. Justin Correa with the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators say witnesses helped deputies identify 55-year-old Lee Snider as a suspect. He was found and arrested several miles away a short time later. Correa said the two men were known to each other. “They’re friends. They have known each other for what it seems like a long time,” Correa said. “They’re very familiar with each other.”
Correa said witnesses saw the two together Monday and believe an argument escalated quickly. “We’re not exactly sure what led to it, but there was an argument on the scene,” Correa said. “At that point, our suspect, who we have now identified as Lee Snider, produced a knife and stabbed our victim, who we identified as Terry Barnes, multiple times in the chest and abdomen.”
Snider is being held in the Baldwin County Jail on a murder charge. “This was a violent crime involving a knife and a person dying. We can’t have that in Baldwin County,” Correa said.
According to authorities, this is not the first time Snider has been accused of a fatal stabbing. In 2016, deputies found a man dead in his front yard with a stab wound to the chest in the Crossroads community. Snider pleaded guilty to manslaughter in that case and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
“He got out of jail. Now we’ve seen it again. He has committed violence once again, or at least alleged to have committed violence. It’s frustrating,” Correa said. “I personally hope that Mr. Snider is not given a bond. I don’t get to control it, but a crime like this shouldn’t deserve one.”
Snider’s bond hearing was set for Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 1:30 p.m.