Uncle fatally shot nephew's wife after she dared him to 'blow my brains out' during argument over lost cow

Inset: Timothy Houston Harville (Lawrence County Sheriff's Office). Background: The country successful Alabama wherever Harville killed his nephew's woman (Google Maps)

An Alabama antheral whitethorn walk the remainder of his beingness successful situation for sidesplitting his nephew's woman with a shotgun blast to the look aft she dared him to "blow my brains out" during an statement implicit a missing cow.

A Lawrence County assemblage recovered Timothy Houston Harville guilty Wednesday connected 1 number of murder successful the 2023 slaying of 46-year-old Angela Berryman Hill Harville. Jurors besides convicted Timothy Harville of 1 number each of second-degree unlawful imprisonment, menacing and first-degree burglary.

According to a press release from the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office, deputies astatine 6:30 p.m. connected Sept. 14, 2023, responded to a study of an unresponsive pistillate astatine a location successful the 2300 artifact of County Road 161 successful the Hatton community.

Authorities determined the unfortunate had suffered a gunshot coiled to the head. She was pronounced dormant astatine the scene, and her assemblage was transported to the Forensics Lab successful Huntsville for an autopsy. Investigators identified Timothy Harville arsenic the suspected shooter and took him into custody.

More details emerged astatine a preliminary proceeding that December, erstwhile a Lawrence County sheriff's researcher testified astir the events starring up to the shooting, the Moulton Advertiser reported.

According to the report, Timothy Harville went to the victim's location that evening looking for a mislaid cow. Angela Harville, her teenage lad and a household person were determination erstwhile helium arrived.

Timothy Harville said the person was sitting connected the structure with a weapon erstwhile helium arrived, and the 2 began arguing.

The victim's lad said helium tried to permission erstwhile the confrontation began, but Timothy Harville threatened to sprout the tires of the boy's car with the shotgun stowed successful his vehicle. The teen reportedly remained extracurricular arsenic Timothy Harville and the person continued arguing wrong the home.

As the statement continued, Angela Harville tried to calm things down by separating the men into antithetic rooms. She besides called her hubby and asked him to travel location and assistance get Timothy Harville disconnected the property.

While connected the phone, the victim's hubby reportedly heard his woman and Timothy Harville arguing. His woman past said: "Go up and stroke my brains out."

That was followed by a azygous gunshot and Timothy Harville saying: "There you go."

The hubby got location astir 10 minutes aboriginal and recovered his woman dead.

Timothy Harville reportedly maintained that Angela Harville invited him into the location and was live erstwhile helium left. However, authorities recovered a 12-gauge shotgun from his location that fired the aforesaid size ammunition arsenic a ammunition casing recovered astatine the scene.

After Wednesday's verdict, Angela Harville's household provided a statement to Huntsville NBC affiliate WAFF.

"On behalf of the family, we are thrilled for closure," the connection said. "Nothing tin bring backmost their loved one, but astatine slightest her decease won't spell without justice. We privation to convey the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office for their enactment connected the case. Also, arsenic always, these matters are placed successful the purview of 12 [jurors], and we admit their attentiveness connected this matter."

Timothy Harville is scheduled to look for his sentencing proceeding successful January, section Fox affiliate WZDX reported.

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