ROGERSVILLE-Rogersville Police have identified the victim in the murder that took place in an apartment near the high school on Friday night, October 23. The victim is Connie Ridgeway, 58.
Police were called to the scene by a neighbor who discovered the body in Ridgeway’s apartment in the Meadowland Apartments on Price Drive near Lauderdale County High School about 5:30 PM on Friday.
The coroner pronounced Ridgeway was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lauderdale County Coroner, and the body has been taken to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences lab in Huntsville for an autopsy.
The SBI has taken over the investigation and are searching for evidence and suspects in the murder. The Lauderdale County Sheriff will assist with the investigation. According to investigators a list of individuals is being complied but no suspects have been named at this time.
