Case #:                           2023-0573

Name:

Jean Wilson

Age:

73

Race:

White

Sex:

Female

Place of Residence:

Birmingham, Alabama

Place of Found:

8200 block of 3^rd Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama 35206

Date/Time Found:

2-2-2023 / 1:56 pm

Place Pronounced:

8200 block of 3^rd Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama 35206

Date/Time Pronounced:

2-2-2022 / 2:12 pm

Police Agency:

Birmingham Police Department

Circumstances:

The decedent was found by a friend unresponsive inside her private residence.

Cause of Death:

Pending, with no evidence of trauma or foul play associated with the death.

Family Notification:

All attempts to identify and locate family have failed.  Reportedly, the decedent previously lived in Texas and moved to Birmingham approximately 9 months ago.

Case #:                           2023-0932

Name:

Shari L. Hitman

Age:

37

Race:

White

Sex:

Female

Place of Residence:

Unknown

Place of Found:

2000 block of Green Springs Highway, Birmingham, Alabama 35205

Date/Time Found:

2-21-2023 / 11:20 am

Place Pronounced:

UAB Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama

Date/Time Pronounced:

2-21-2022 / 12:12 pm

Police Agency:

Birmingham Police Department

Circumstances:

The decedent was found unresponsive inside a convenience store bathroom.

Cause of Death:

Pending, with no evidence of trauma or foul play associated with the death.

Family Notification:

All attempts to identify and locate family have failed.  According to records, the decedent is possibly from Virginia and might have family who once lived in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

Case #:                           2023-1072

Name:

David Nelson Brown

Age:

77

Race:

White

Sex:

Male

Place of Residence:

Birmingham, Alabama

Place of Found:

1100 block of 52^nd Street South, Birmingham, Alabama 35222

Date/Time Found:

3-1-2023 / 11:04 am

Place Pronounced:

1100 block of 52^nd Street South, Birmingham, Alabama 35222

Date/Time Pronounced:

3-1-2022 / 11:04 am

Police Agency:

Birmingham Police Department

Circumstances:

The decedent was found unresponsive inside his private residence by police performing a welfare check at the request of a concerned neighbor.

Cause of Death:

Natural causes

Family Notification:

All attempts to identify and locate family have failed.

Case #:                           2023-1109

Name:

Dylan Thomas Merck

Age:

37

Race:

White

Sex:

Male

Place of Residence:

(homeless) Birmingham, Alabama

Place of Found:

19^th Street at 2^nd Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama 35205

Date/Time Found:

3-3-2023 / 1:08 pm

Place Pronounced:

Princeton Baptist Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama

Date/Time Pronounced:

3-3-2022 / 2:24 pm

Police Agency:

Birmingham Police Department

Circumstances:

The decedent was found unresponsive by a citizen laying on the ground underneath a bridge.

Cause of Death:

Pending, with no evidence of trauma or foul play associated with the death.

Family Notification:

All attempts to identify and locate family have failed.  The decedent’s mother, Janice Merck, died in Plains, Georgia in 2018.  In 2018, the decedent’s father, Bryan Merk, was known to be living in a nursing home in Plains, Georgia, but he is no longer a resident of that nursing home.

Case #:                           2023-1138

Name:

Joyce A. Williams

Age:

70

Race:

Black

Sex:

Female

Place of Residence:

Birmingham, Alabama

Place of Found:

200 North Pine Hill Road, Birmingham, Alabama 35217

Date/Time Found:

Unknown

Place Pronounced:

UAB Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama

Date/Time Pronounced:

2-26-2022 / 5:51 pm

Police Agency:

None

Circumstances:

The decedent died of natural causes while an inpatient at UAB Hospital.

Cause of Death:

Natural causes

Family Notification:

All attempts to identify and locate family have failed.  The decedent was a tenant at North Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation.  At age 16, the decedent lived in Florida.