BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — A woman who was shot and killed by her boyfriend in a tragic murder-suicide last month had eerily predicted her death just days earlier, telling her sister to “plan my funeral.”
Victim and Suspect Identified
Police identified the victim as LaVentrice Denise “Vent” Tolbert, 40, and the shooter as Tony Dewayne Davis, 35. According to the Birmingham Police Department, Davis fatally shot Tolbert just before midnight on September 24 inside a residence on Kiser Road before turning the gun on himself.
Responding officers found Tolbert dead at the scene. Davis was still alive when police arrived but died two days later from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
“She Told Me, ‘You’ll Be the One to Plan My Funeral’”
Tolbert’s sister, Monique Tolbert, told AL.com that her sibling had been in a seven-year abusive relationship with Davis. Two days before the killing, Denise confided in her sister about her fear that something terrible was going to happen.
“She told me, ‘When I leave, you will be the one to plan my funeral,’” Monique recalled. “She wanted me to be strong.”…