TUSCALOOSA, Alabama
A 36-year-old Walker County man has been charged with murder in the death of a friend who died accidentally while the two men were allegedly attempting to steal copper from a gas well site.
Tuscaloosa County District Attorney Tommy Smith told The Tuscaloosa News that Larry Willcutt Jr. was charged Friday with murder in the April 9 death of 49-year-old Jimmy Handley, who died when he became trapped by a gas well pump. At the time the murder charges were filed, Willcutt was in the Tuscaloosa County Jail on charges related to theft of the copper from the well site.
Smith said state law allows a person to be charged with murder if that person was involved in commission of a felony at the time of the death.
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