3rd person found guilty in murder of Limestone County man
Terry Dale Amerson
Posted: Apr 16, 2021 12:43 PM
Updated: Apr 16, 2021 1:08 PM
Posted By: Josh Rayburn
A third person has been found guilty in the 2017 murder of a Limestone County man.
A jury on Friday found Terry Dale Amerson guilty of felony murder in the death of Brenton Gatlin, said Limestone County District Attorney Brian Jones.
Sentencing is set for June 2.
Amerson was remanded to the Limestone County Jail pending sentencing.
Gatlin was killed in July 2017 during a robbery of his home.
Two others also have been found guilty of Gatlin’s murder.
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Murder trials in Limestone County resume next week
Jury trials to resume Monday By Madison Scarpino | March 12, 2021 at 6:26 PM CST - Updated March 12 at 6:26 PM
LIMESTONE CO., Ala. (WAFF) - Another sign of the return to normalcy. jury trials will resume in Limestone County beginning Monday March 15.
The pandemic prevented them from being held last year.
”We’ve been going to court, zooms, in-person hearings, things like that but it’s very hard to run a judicial system without a jury trial,” Limestone County District Attorney Brian Jones said.
Jones says he’s ready for victims and their families to get their chance at justice as murder trials resume.