A 35-year-old suspect in last year’s shooting death of a man found slain inside his home during a welfare check has now been indicted.

A Jefferson County grand jury issued the capital murder indictment against Larry Dewayne Kimble Jr. in the death of 43-year-old Bryan Keith Williams. The indictment was made public Monday.

Kimble has been held in the Jefferson County Jail since his 2023 arrest.

Birmingham’s South Precinct officers were dispatched to Williams’ home in the 4300 block of 13th Avenue North in the city’s Kingston neighborhood just before 1 p.m. Monday, June 26.

Police said a friend stopped by to see Williams, finding the front door open and the house in disarray.

The friend did not see Williams at that point but became concerned and called 911 for a wellness check.

Officers entered the home and found Williams unresponsive on the floor. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

Authorities believe that Williams was killed about 9 p.m. on June 25. Kimble and others were at the home supposedly to buy drugs, but investigators believe it was a set up to rob the victim.

Hours before Williams’ body was found, Kimble was in a Jefferson County courtroom to face the kidnapping and rape charges that stemmed from a 2020 arrest by Trussville police. A woman told police that Kimble had taken her against her will and driven her to St. Clair County where she said she was raped.

On June 26, 2023, that 2020 case was set to go to trial. Instead, the case had to be dismissed after the victim testified under oath that she would not cooperate with the prosecution.

Kimble has a lengthy criminal record dating back more than a decade.