Alabama police deputy Kenneth Booth, Jr. shoots dispatcher girlfriend in murder-suicide in their vacation condo’s common area – as his mom DEFENDS her dead son against ‘false and untrue statements’
Police Officer Kenneth Booth, Jr. Alabama Shoots Dispatcher’s Girlfriend In Murder-Suicide In Common Area Of Their Vacation Apartment — As His Mother DEFENDS Her Dead Son From ‘False And Untrue Statements’
- An Alabama sheriff’s deputy shot and killed his fellow girlfriend and himself while on a beach vacation
- Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Where Kenneth Booth and Alexis White Worked Is ‘Devastated’ and Shaken to the Core
- Booth’s mother defended her late son, saying he was ‘welcomed to heaven’
An Alabama sheriff’s deputy killed his fellow girlfriend before shooting himself as the couple’s argument escalated at 2:45 a.m. during their beach vacation.
Kenneth “Kenny” Booth Jr. and his girlfriend Alexis “Lexi” White, 23, were traveling to Orange Beach when the Cullman County deputy shot his girlfriend multiple times and then killed himself.
The incident, which took place in a common area at the Seaside Beach and Racquet Club, has been described by authorities as an apparent “murder-suicide.”
The Cullman County Sheriff’s Office is “devastated” and shaken “to the core” after learning about the deaths of two of their employees.
Booth’s mother Adrean Miller Booth posted a tribute to her late son on Facebook, saying Booth was “welcomed to heaven.”
Alexis White, 23, and Kenneth Booth worked together at the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office
She said her heart is “forever broken” by her son’s death. The Facebook post read: “Please know that there are MANY false and untrue statements being made and the truth will come out.
“I will release a statement at a later date if it is appropriate, but today is not that day.”
Facebook users left comments in support of White on the heartbroken mother’s post.
One user said: ‘Heaven? You are really delusional #JusticeforAlexisWhite’
Another commented: ‘Gurrlll. what about the mother who had her daughter killed’
Ashley Nichole left a comment asking “anything about the young lady he killed?” after Booth’s mother failed to mention her son’s late girlfriend in the tribute post.
White had worked in an office since she was 16 and was adored by the community.
Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry said, “There are not enough words to express what she and her family mean to me. I am literally heartbroken. I feel like Lexi is one of my own children.”
Gentry said, “She co-founded our Youth Leadership Academy and has been involved with everyone since – either as a participant or as a coach.”
White earned a degree in criminal justice from Wallace State Community College before beginning work as a dispatcher at the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office.
White’s girlfriend Hope Cochran was “lost for words” when she discovered the 23-year-old had been shot and killed multiple times.
She said, “I am so grateful that I had the privilege of playing softball with Lexi growing up. It never seems right when a life is taken too young.”
Cochran posted online asking everyone to pray for White’s family.
White’s obituary described her as “a firecracker” and said that “her sass and determination made up for her small structure.”
The news of the beloved coordinator’s death is even more tragic for her family, as White’s brother Tarrant Jordan White died just three years earlier at the age of 25.
Her funeral will take place on Tuesday, September 12 in Cullman, Alabama.