MARSHALL COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — A 55-year-old man admitted to law enforcement that he killed the man found dead on the Whitesburg Bridge on May 30 after a fight, court documents revealed.
Daniel Ray Shelton, 55, is charged with murder and corpse abuse for the death of David Pierce Merritt and attempting to dispose of his body on a bridge. Shelton was denied bond during an Aniah’s Law hearing on June 13 and is being held at the Marshall County Jail.
According to the Huntsville Police Department, officers responded to a report of a possible dead man on the north side of the Whitesburg Bridge along Highway 231/431 on May 30 around 9:30 a.m…