PHIL CAMPBELL-Franklin County authorities have been investigating the discovery of a body found Sunday, October 2 along a highway near Phil Campbell.
The body was identified as that of April Welch Hamm, 39 of Phil Campbell. Phil Campbell Police Chief Merrell Potter said the body was found just after 6 PM on Sunday off the side of Alabama 237 near the intersection of Woodward Road. Hamm was pronounced dead at the scene and the body has been sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in Huntsville for an autopsy according to authorities.
Authorities say Hamm had multiple blunt force trauma to the head. It is unknown at this time if foul play is involved. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department are assisting Phil Campbell with the investigation.
The case remains under investigation.
