January, 2012
Selma, Alabama
Victim: Julius Burnett
A Selma man was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for the Jan. 1, 2012 killing of a man he lured to a meeting online.
According to court records, Carl Brown, 24, pleaded guilty last week to murder in the killing of Julius Burnett, 47, of Clanton, and received the prison sentence in a plea deal.
Investigators said the two men met through Craiglist. Brown took Burnett to a house off County Road 74 and shot him him in the head and shoulder, taking his vehicle.
He then used Burnett's credit cards in Dallas County and Montgomery before he was arrested.
"We are doing everything we can to crack down on this kind of violence towards those in the gay community," District Attorney Michael Jackson said to WSFA.