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Prosecutor says Mobile murder defendant
ripped out insides of victim at group home
by Brendan Kirby
December 07, 2012
Razellius Mills ... denied bail in murder case.
MOBILE, Alabama – A judge this morning denied bail for a man accused of fatally stabbing a fellow group home resident on Wednesday. The judge scheduled a preliminary hearing for Jan. 14.
Mobile County District Judge Charles McKnight also appointed attorney John Thompson to represent the defendant, Razellius Mills. The defendant will remain at Mobile County Metro Jail, where he has been placed on a suicide watch.
Assistant District Attorney JoBeth Murphree described the particularly gruesome nature of the alleged attack, which police say occurred at a Mobile group home in the 3500 block of Country Wood Court, where a judge had ordered him to stay.
Murphree told the judge that Mills cut Derrick Woods across his midsection, pulled out his intestines and cut them off. She said the lead investigator was available if the judge wanted to hear more details.
“I really don’t,” McKnight said. “I think it speaks for itself.”
Outside the courtroom, Murphree said she did not know what prompted the attack.
“It just happened, and I haven’t had a chance to learn all of the details,” she said.
According to court records, a judge on Oct. 31 modified the conditions of Mills’ probation on a third-degree burglary conviction, ordering him into a halfway house. The revocation proceedings came in response to an arrest by Saraland police on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon and third-degree theft.
Instead, he ended up in the hospital after drinking antifreeze, and Mobile County Probate Judge Don Davis committed him to outpatient treatment.AltaPointe Health Systems accepted him into the group home.
Murphree told McKnight that AltaPointe reported that the group would be an appropriate setting, “which turned out not to be the case.”
Mills, 20, has not allegations of violence in his past. Other than the burglary conviction and the charges stemming from the Saraland arrest, the only other mark on his record is a third-degree trespassing charge. Murphree acknowledged that the murder charge represents an unusual “zero to 60” escalation of criminal conduct.
According to AltaPointe officials, a staff member at the group home was cooking for residents when Mills stabbed Woods, A fellow resident discovered the stabbing and informed the staff member.
Prosecutor says Mobile murder defendant
ripped out insides of victim at group home
by Brendan Kirby
December 07, 2012
Razellius Mills ... denied bail in murder case.
MOBILE, Alabama – A judge this morning denied bail for a man accused of fatally stabbing a fellow group home resident on Wednesday. The judge scheduled a preliminary hearing for Jan. 14.
Mobile County District Judge Charles McKnight also appointed attorney John Thompson to represent the defendant, Razellius Mills. The defendant will remain at Mobile County Metro Jail, where he has been placed on a suicide watch.
Assistant District Attorney JoBeth Murphree described the particularly gruesome nature of the alleged attack, which police say occurred at a Mobile group home in the 3500 block of Country Wood Court, where a judge had ordered him to stay.
Murphree told the judge that Mills cut Derrick Woods across his midsection, pulled out his intestines and cut them off. She said the lead investigator was available if the judge wanted to hear more details.
“I really don’t,” McKnight said. “I think it speaks for itself.”
Outside the courtroom, Murphree said she did not know what prompted the attack.
“It just happened, and I haven’t had a chance to learn all of the details,” she said.
According to court records, a judge on Oct. 31 modified the conditions of Mills’ probation on a third-degree burglary conviction, ordering him into a halfway house. The revocation proceedings came in response to an arrest by Saraland police on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon and third-degree theft.
Instead, he ended up in the hospital after drinking antifreeze, and Mobile County Probate Judge Don Davis committed him to outpatient treatment.AltaPointe Health Systems accepted him into the group home.
Murphree told McKnight that AltaPointe reported that the group would be an appropriate setting, “which turned out not to be the case.”
Mills, 20, has not allegations of violence in his past. Other than the burglary conviction and the charges stemming from the Saraland arrest, the only other mark on his record is a third-degree trespassing charge. Murphree acknowledged that the murder charge represents an unusual “zero to 60” escalation of criminal conduct.
According to AltaPointe officials, a staff member at the group home was cooking for residents when Mills stabbed Woods, A fellow resident discovered the stabbing and informed the staff member.
