Press Release from Bibb County District Attorney's Office 6/23/11

On Monday June 21, 2011 a special grand jury was convened in Bibb County, Alabama. The case against William Jody Byrd was presented. The grand jury returned an indictment against Byrd for one count of Capital Murder for the murder of his wife Desta Byrd. The murder of Desta Byrd occurred on February 25, 1999 at the couple’s home in Brierfield Estates. Byrd is being held in the Bibb County Jail without bond.