RECAP: Sadly, three lives were lost on Thursday, Oct. 8 in the East Central Alabama region in two separate incidents.

Early Thursday morning, a male body was discovered inside a parked vehicle on the Talladega Square in front of the courthouse. The cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The man was identified as Bobby Lee Gotti, born Bobby Trussell. It is unknown why Gotti took his own life, but sources say he was having a hard time dealing with a breakup.
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Later that day, at approximately 2:30 PM, the discovery of two bodies inside a mobile home is a remote area was made after Dean Carl Stevens, age 50, white male had walked into New Site Town Hall and turned himself in for the killings. Stevens willingly led the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Office and New Site Police to 424 Pate Rd, Cragford, AL, the scene of the murders.

The bodies were identified as siblings, Dianna Mitchell Sharpe, age 48 and male, Robert Wayne Mitchell, Age 50. Both victims had sustained gunshot wounds that resulted in their death.
Stevens, who also resided at the same residence was arrested and charged with Capital Murder and placed in the Tallapoosa County Jail. The victims have been transported to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for the post mortem examination. This is an ongoing investigation.
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On Oct. 4th, another grisly assault took place at the residence of 1020 Mountain View Rd , home of Terry Hayes, age 49. Hayes was allegedly attacked by Raymond Leroy Wiseman, age 59, resulting in a throat-slashing knife wound from ear-to-ear. Wiseman declined to comment on a motive for the assault, other than saying Hayes was an “acquaintance”.

The arrest without incident was made at Clay County Hospital, where Wiseman had enrolled in the Journey Detoxification program the day before. Lineville and Ashland Police Department assisted in the arrest.
Wiseman was charged with assault in the first degree and is currently being held on a $50,000 bond. Hayes is currently on a ventilator at Regional Medical Center in Anniston. Wiseman’s charges are subject to change if his condition worsens.