JCSO: Gadsden Woman Arrested for Corpse Abuse, Murder After Body Found in 2023

North Alabama woman charged with abuse of corpse, murder of man found dead in 2023

A Gadsden woman was arrested on Christmas Day in connection with a 2023 case in Jackson County.

JCSO: Gadsden woman arrested for corpse abuse, murder after body found in 2023

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office said that a woman, who was arrested on Thursday, has been indicted for corpse abuse and murder in connection to a body that was found in 2023.

Woman Arrested for 2023 Murder

JACKSON COUNTY — A woman has been arrested for a 2023 murder in Jackson County. Jackson County Sheriff Rocky Harnen says 23-year-old Johneil Stead of Gadsden, Alabama was arrested Christmas morning. Sheriff Harnen says Stead is charged with first degree murder and abuse of a corpse in connection to a murder in Langston. The sheriff says that a body was found floating in a body of water by a fisherman wrapped in a bag of plastic. No further detai…