ON MARCH 30, 2008, SOMETIME AFTER 9:00 A.M., LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO A RESIDENCE IN THE BEULAH COMMUNITY SOUTH OF OPP, ALABAMA. UPON ARRIVAL, OFFICERS LOCATED A DECEASED 72 YEAR OLD WHITE FEMALE. SHE WAS AN APPARENT VICTIM OF MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. THE VICTIM'S NAME IS BEING WITHHELD UNTIL NOTIFICATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT OF STATE. HAROLD ELTON TODD, 66, OF T.T. CLARK ROAD, OPP, ALABAMA, WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT THE SCENE. TODD WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER AND IS IN THE COVINGTON COUNTY JAIL UNDER $500,000.00 BOND. THE BOND WAS SET BY THE COURT. TODD HAS A LIMITED CRIMINAL HISTORY WITH ONLY MINOR ARRESTS. TODD AND THE VICTIM HAD A HISTORY OF ARGUING AND THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR IN THE INCIDENT. THIS CASE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE COVINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE C.C.S.O WAS ASSISTED BY THE OPP POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE COVINGTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCES, AND THE COVINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S RESERVE. OPPORTUNITY EMS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AS WELL AS AN ASSISTANT CORONER.

                                                       HAROLD ELTON TODD