Double murder suspect charged again after witnesses lead investigators to hidden remains
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC/Gray News) - A suspect in a July double murder in Brookwood, Alabama, has been charged with another murder after skeletal remains were found Tuesday behind a Tuscaloosa apartment complex, the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit said.On July 6, Brookwood Police were called to do a welfare check around 1 p.m. The woman who rented the home was out of the country and had a co-worker, 31-year-old Jose Felix Alvarez-Duenas, house and dog sitting. The woman was unable to reach Alvarez-Duenas for some time between July 5 and 6. She accessed several doorbell cameras and saw a suspect, later identified as 24-year-old De’Kendrick Crawford, acting suspiciously. When Brookwood Police got to the house, they found Alvarez-Duenas inside the entryway. They also found 22-year-old Jazmine Alexis Bates, a University of Alabama student from Chicago, and a dog, dead inside a closet. All had gunshot wounds. New information in Brookwood double homicideThe VCU took over the investigation. Cra