A Guntersville woman has been indicted on a murder charge after authorities allege she solicited a man to assault a Baileyton homeowner who then shot and killed his attacker in April.

A Cullman County grand jury found probable cause to charge Kelly Joan Young Bryan, 41, with two counts of criminal solicitation for burglary and assault in addition to felony murder.

(Update with name) One dead in Baileyton shooting A Blountsville man was killed Tuesday morning after being shot inside a house near Baileyton.

Bryan and Robert L. Kimbrough, 27, of Arab are both charged in connection to a home invasion burglary on County Road 1759 that left Jonathan Andrew Smith, 34, of Blountsville dead April 4.

The grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Bryan July 20, but the Cullman County District Attorney’s Office has asked Circuit Judge Martha Williams to dismiss the case.

Bryan was first arrested April 7 on two counts of criminal solicitation. Following the state’s motion to dismiss the case, Bryan was released from jail June 28 and sent to court-ordered rehab where she’s been since.

In separate filings Wednesday, the state and Bryan’s attorney asked the court to dismiss the indictment against her. Calls to the district attorney’s office were not immediately returned Wednesday.

Kimbrough is charged with murder and first-degree burglary and was also released from jail July 14 and sent to rehab.

Sheriff’s investigators said the homeowner shot Smith, who later died inside the vehicle that he and Kimbrough fled the scene in. Kimbrough abandoned the car on Alabama 69, and two days later, he went to the sheriff’s office with his attorney and was arrested.

Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry said Kimbrough was charged with murder because he allegedly participated in a crime in which a death occurred. Investigators ruled the homeowner shot Smith in self-defense, and he was not charged.

Arab man facing murder charge An Arab man has been charged with felony murder in connection with a shooting death in Baile…

Bryan has pleaded not guilty to the charges and a waived her right to an arraignment set for Aug. 18.

Tiffeny Owens can be reached at 256-734-2131, ext. 135.