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Alonzo McGhee

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Suzette Daniels

By Suzette Daniels, a family law attorney in Huntsville

Dear Huntsville,

Please do not forget that the person who killed Lt. Col. Alonzo McGhee has never been caught.

I know, it's hard to believe that it's been four years since he was murdered.

I bet you thought that this crime had been solved since it hasn't been in the news for so long. No, his killer is still out there, but I don't think anyone is looking for him/her anymore.

Do you remember what happened to Alonzo? He was shot to death in the street right in front of his Hampton Cove home on a quiet Friday night exactly one week after his divorce was final.

I remember the timeline very well because I represented him in his divorce.

I wish you could have seen the look on his face when he learned that he'd been awarded custody of his three children. I know that I never will. That's one of the few perks of being a divorce attorney. That's one of the few perks of this case.

Although we spoke on the phone several more times after the divorce decree was entered, I only saw Alonzo in person one more time before he was murdered. He was smiling, in fact he couldn't stop smiling, he was excited, he was happy, for the first time in a long time, everything was falling into place for him, and his life was about to get really good. He had no way of knowing what fate had in store for him.

I thought you needed to know this, Huntsville. I thought you needed to be reminded. Please help me keep Alonzo's story on the forefront, it's been ignored for too long.