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Brewton Man, An Air Force Staff Sergeant, Among Those Arrested For Beulah Murders
July 15, 2009
People that knew Donnie Stallworth Jr. of Brewton were in disbelief Tuesday when they learned that the Air Force staff sergeant had been accused in the murder of Melanie and Byrd Billings of Brewton.
“I could not believe what I was hearing or seeing. Remembering back, going to T.R. Miller High School with Donnie, he was not the type of person you thought would have done such a horrific thing to someone,” one person wrote on NorthEscambia.com “This is not the Donnie I knew 10 years ago. I wonder where he went wrong.”
Stallworth, who still has family in the Brewton area, is a 1999 graduate of T.R. Miller High School in Brewton.
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan said Tuesday that Stallworth was involved in last Thursday’s double murder in Beulah. NorthEscambia.com has learned that there was a warrant issued for his arrest in Escambia County by Tuesday afternoon.
About 9:00 Tuesday night, Stallworth turned himself in at the Escambia County (Ala.) Detention Center in Brewton. Stallworth has been stationed at Hurlburt Field since 2000.
Stallworth, who is an aircraft maintainer stationed at Hurlburt Field, was escorted in a Brewton courtroom Tuesday afternoon by officers that included Sheriff Grover Smith.
Stallworth did not waive extradition back to Florida, meaning he refused to be willingly returned to Florida. He will remain in the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton on $1 million bond for up to 30 days while legal proceedings continue.
“I went to school with Donnie. He is the last person you would ever think of doing or being involved with people like that. I am sorry for the family that lost their mother and father but the Donnie I knew was no animal, devil or creep,” another poster wrote on NorthEscambia.com.
“Oh my goodness! I know Donnie. I went to high school with him! You would never, ever, ever believe he would be capable of something like this. He was always calm-natured and fun to be around,” another high school friend said.
Stallworth reportedly worked at an auto detailing shop in Fort Walton Beach with three other suspects in the murders – Frederick Lee Thorton Jr., 19, and Rakeem Florence, 16.
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6 Responses to “Brewton Man, An Air Force Staff Sergeant, Among Those Arrested For Beulah Murders”
I love Donnie and his family!
Have faith all of you who know him. He hasn’t changed. He is still the best guy ever. There will be light…
Stop. Seriously just stop. Nobody here knows the dude, nobody knows motives, nobody even knows his involvement. Jason, as an Air Force NCO you should know better than to put your position out there number one, and number two you should damn well know better than to judge without facts. I’ll bet you’re probably a horrible supervisor because you jump to conclusion. You don’t have facts, you just have a mouth to run. Do our Airmen a favor and shut it. We don’t need you putting us out there like you know, labeling another airman as an animal, you’re absolutely uncalled for. Let facts come out before you open your mouth.
Damn Stalls! Man this dude is a good friend of me and my brother I cant believe this is happening I have known Stalls since 2002 from my brother his closest friend because we are all in the Air Force. I am a SSGT in the Air Force also and I don’t see how theses few people could influence his mind . I guess people make their own choices in life and Stall’s could have backed out anytime he didn’t need money he was good. Mane dawg u still got love from me no matter what. And if u didn’t know Stall’s dont talk about the dude he is a decent man, father and husband I keep u in prayer and mind I pray u pull through this. My condolences to the Billing’s family also sometimes all it takes is one bad apple to spoil the rest of the bunch. Not Stall’s it couldn’t have been him it’s just not in his nature
WOW! Just WOW! I was stationed with him at Hurlburt! We deployed together! He bragged about his son a lot while we were in Afghanistan together. I am just totally speechless. Why Stalls?! You knew better! And you were an NCO!
And Gary! I only knew him because he painted my 300zx at Fifth Dimension. I heard he was in the military and then either got out or got kicked out. He seemed a little anyway.
To the Billings family, my deepest condolences. As an Air Force NCO myself, I cannot understand why or what.
Hes a murderer either by direct involvement, by proxy, or by not preventing it. All of this crap about “The Donnie I knew, etc” needs ot be forgotton. He helped kill 2 people who have obviously done more with their lives than Donnie did with his… and they were killed because of it.
A little bit of money was worth more to him than his Air Force career, his parents well being, and the lives of the kids who are now parentless.
I have known Donnie (Ray,Ray) for quite sometime. I have never known him to be violent or to be a criminal. He has never been in any trouble to my knowing. The question is why did he allow these people to cause him this kind of trouble. Why did he take part in this crime? He has a loving,caring and devoted mother and father who would do anything to help him. If he needed money all he had to do was ask. My heart goes out to all the families involved. I know that everyone think and look at it as only the victim family is going through a storm but the accusers families are going through as well. I’m not saying what they did is right or it is to be looked over. It can happen to your children. We all raise our kids the best we know how. We teach them right from wrong. We teach them values and morals. When they grow up they have a mind of their own. We all pray that they remember what they are taught when they enter into the real world. I am not God and I can’t judge any of the people involved. All I can say is may God bless each of you involved. Prayer changes people and prayer changes things.