AL AL - Kimberly Whitton, 36, & Haleigh Culwell, 11, Section, 21 June 2007

[chicoliving]

For the seventh time in a row, a Jackson County man's sentencing hearing on weapons charges has been moved to another date.

http://www.waff.com/global/story.asp?s=8371121

Good grief! Now sentencing has been moved to July 11.

 

[chicoliving]

As the one year anniversary approaches of the disappearance of Kimberly Whitton and Haliegh Culwell, the mother and daughter haven't been forgotten at Cloverdale Manor Nursing Home in Scottsboro.

Kimberly Whitton, an employee of the nursing home, was last seen on June 21, 2007 by co-workers.

Ever since, employees of the nursing home have formed a bond with Whitton's family.

http://www.thedailysentinel.com/story.lasso?ewcd=0e18d7553a40653d

Sounds like a really great community.

 

[mysteriew]

The family of Kimberly Whitton was in court for Friday's stunning testimony about her husband. Whitton and her daughter Haleigh Culwell have not been seen in more than a year. And after the testimony, they said they now have no doubt about who is responsible.

http://www.waaytv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8665437

Behind testimony from a government informant, U.S. District Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn sentenced Barry Whitton to a maximum 10 years Friday.

Blackburn said it was the maximum sentence she could give Whitton, but it was inadequate due to him being a danger to the public.
http://www.thedailysentinel.com/story.lasso?ewcd=6bcb62aca8e0a90d

 

[concernedperson]

I hope they find evidence of the missing bodies before his sentence is carried out. The judge is correct as this man is huge menace to society and doesn't deserve to be among people. He is horrible!

 

[Salem]

I wish Kimberly and Haliegh would be found.

And I hope this never leaves the prison.

Salem

 

[MommaD]

Bless you Kimberly and Haleigh where ever you are.... Hope you are found and justice is served if need be..

 

[theforgotten]

This is heartbreaking. I too hope they find their bodies, so the families could have some peace.

 

[MommaD]

Need Help Please... I need a birth date for the husband...

his name is Barry V W

or Barry W age around 40

any info on his would be so welcome.. he liked to live like a hermit.. he liked the amish ways.. people interviewed in the area were scared of him..

Thank very much for looking at post and helping any way you can. we do have most of the flyers from missing and news articles here on these pages.. those were easy for me to get..

I just can't find any personal info on the husband barry. he is in prison now on federal charges of firearms .. but he needs to pay if he has hurt Kimberly or Haleigh or his past wife also is dead her name is Michelle...

Thanks again for any help.. Justice for the Missing.....

 

[Shutterfly]

Need Help Please... I need a birth date for the husband...

his name is Barry Van Whitton

or Barry Whitton age around 40

any info on his would be so welcome.. he liked to live like a hermit.. he liked the amish ways.. people interviewed in the area were scared of him..

Thank very much for looking at post and helping any way you can. we do have most of the flyers from missing and news articles here on these pages.. those were easy for me to get..

I just can't find any personal info on the husband barry. he is in prison now on federal charges of firearms .. but he needs to pay if he has hurt Kimberly or Haleigh or his past wife also is dead her name is Michelle...

Thanks again for any help.. Justice for the Missing.....

First Name BXXXY
Middle Name V
Last Name WXXXXXN
Primary Address PO BOX X36X
City RAINSVILLE State AL
ZIP Code 35986
Phone Number N/A
Date of Birth 1968-01-01
Gender MALE
Marital Status UNKNOWN
Estimated Income $35,000 - $49,999/YR
Homeowner UNKNOWN
Length of Residence 2 YEARS
Occupation UNKNOWN
Time Zone CENTRAL TIME
Addional Household Member
First Name KXXXXXLY
Middle Name C
Last Name WXXXXXN
Primary Address PO BOX X36X
City RAINSVILLE
State AL
ZIP Code 35986
Phone Number N/A
Date of Birth N/A
Gender FEMALE
Marital Status UNKNOWN
Estimated Income $35,000 - $49,999/YR
Occupation UNKNOWN
Time Zone CENTRAL TIME

That's as per NetDetective

 

[MommaD]

Now we wait Ladies and see if we can get some answers... God be with us... Let us Pray we find out what happened to the both of you.... AMEN

 

[MommaD]

bump bump bumpy

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Still missing.

NamUs:
Kimberly - https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/4598/1/
Haleigh - https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/4599/0/

Charley Project - http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/culwell_haleigh.html

Age Progression of Haleigh to 13 (She'd be 17 now. A new one is well past due.)

 

[OkieGranny]

http://thedailysentinel.com/feature_story/article_6693220e-a0ef-11e4-badb-8ff730e75624.html

Barry Whitton, a suspect in the disappearances of his wife and step-daughter, returned to Jackson County Tuesday for the first time since 2007...

A Jackson County Grand Jury indicted Barry Whitton with murder, saying that Michelle Whitton died from a strike to her head, causing blunt force trauma.

The Alabama Attorney General’s Office is prosecuting the case.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://whnt.com/2015/01/20/suspect-in-jackson-county-disappearances-charged-with-murder/

In court, federal prosecutors described Whitton has someone without a “moral center.” They said once, as retaliation for a neighbor’s dog impregnating his own dog, that he took the neighbor’s dog, killed it, drilled a hole through its head and strung it up over a rafter in the neighbor’s barn.

 

[Makaroni]

http://m.waff.com/waff/db/330702/content/59nRulPd
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Jackson Co. man indicted for 1997 death of first wife
WAFF.com Staff
Jan 20, 2015 09:21 PM
JACKSON COUNTY, AL (WAFF) - Police believe they can finally close an 18-year-old murder case.

Court documents show a grand jury handed down an indictment against Barry Van Whitton in the death of his first wife, Michelle.

She disappeared in 1997, and was later found beaten and stabbed to death in DeKalb County.

Whitton told police Michelle went out for breakfast and never came back home.

Six weeks later, she was found beaten and stabbed to death and buried in a shallow grave.

Fast forward 10 years, to 2007. Whitton is re-married, and the same thing happens.

His second wife, Kimberly, and her young daughter, Haleigh Culwell, disappear.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.waaytv.com/appnews/whitt...cle_45f87976-a64a-11e4-941e-e7c413258eab.html

A Jackson County man who was recently arrested for the murder of his wife two decades ago plead not guilty Tuesday.

Barry Whitton entered his plea during an arraignment hearing at the Jackson County courthouse that lasted approximately five minutes. Security was heavy in and around the courtroom as armed guards took no chances with a suspect whose first wife was killed and second wife disappeared without a trace.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Last fall, Barry Whitton was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his first wife, Michelle Whitton.

http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2015/10/barry_whitton_sentenced_to_lif.html

Barry Van Whitton will spend the rest of his life in prison for bludgeoning his first wife, Michelle Townson Whitton, to death with the butt of a shotgun nearly 18 years ago in their Jackson County home.

Whitton, 46, made no statement to the court before Jackson County Circuit Judge John Graham handed down the sentence, the maximum that the former Section resident faced in the 1997 murder.

Michelle Whitton, who would have been 46 years old on Wednesday, disappeared a few weeks before Christmas 1997. She was found buried in a shallow grave in neighboring DeKalb County about six weeks later, on Jan. 20, 1998 – her son Ethan's second birthday.

Strange also pointed out that Whitton's imprisonment could prompt new leads in other cases Whitton might be involved in. Though the attorney general did not specify which cases he was referring to, Whitton is a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of his second wife, Kimberly Compton Whitton, and her 11-year-old daughter, Haleigh Brean Culwell.

"I hope that this conviction will potentially lead to more evidence that may lead us to solve other crimes that Mr. Whitton may have been involved in. I hope now that he has been put away, that others may come forward with information that they have," Strange said.

Whitton is currently serving a federal sentence on gun charges brought against him during investigators' search Kim Whitton and her daughter. A convicted felon, Barry Whitton was not allowed to possess firearms found in the couple's home.

 

[steele0101]

I know the husband/step-dad went to jail for being a felon and having a gun, or something like that, but does anyone know if he ever admitted to killing them? I live in this area, and it seems loike people have just forgotten about them since he went to jail. FYI, I have not, and it makes me sick to think that people just "forgot."

 

[TenaciousTBacon]

He was in jail on gun charges when he was found guilty of murdering his first wife. What a shame that it didn't happen before he apparently killed two more people in his life.

 

[JerseyGirl]

still missing: http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2016/11/people_missing_north_alabama.html#1