North Alabama man arrested for murder, victim identified
Madison County investigators have charged a man with murder following a death Thursday.
According to the sheriff’s office, deputies received a call reporting a dead man at 1790 Capshaw Road in the Harvest community.
The man, later identified as Derek Franklin Walls, 54, of Harvest, was found inside a residence.
Detectives have arrested and charged Kyle Hayden Lewter, 36, with murder.
Investigators believe a physical altercation between the two, who knew each other, led to Walls’ death.
Lewter was taken to Madison County Jail to be held without bond until an Aniah’s Law hearing.