CURTIS RUEDE - 4 yo (2010) - Opp (South Central) AL

Law enforcement officers have identified the 4-year-old who was
murdered Friday as Curtis Alexander Ruede, and said his uncle has
confessed to shooting him.Both Ruede and the man charged with his
murder, John Curtis Davis, 25, lived with Ruede’s grandmother and
Davis’ mother at 2017 W. Cummings Ave. in Opp.The child’s mother,
Kimberly Harris, was experiencing financial hardship.

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There are new details regarding the murder of 4-year old Curtis Alexander Ruede.

Police say 25-year old John Curtis Davis has confessed to shooting his nephew.
Davis will be charged with capital murder, and is being held without bond.
Police say if found guilty the minimum sentence he would serve is life in prison without parole.
The maximum sentence would be the death penalty.
Police say that the child was shot with a .177 caliber pellet riffle.
Davis will be appointed an attorney within the next 48 hours.
Preliminary hearings could begin sometime in the next few weeks.
The suspect, who is the victim's uncle, has since been arrested.

http://www.wtvy.com/home/headlines/98677004.html

This child died because he dropped a toy on his uncle's foot! How sad that a man can't take a little pain but must end a little life just because he was mad. He should burn in Hell!!!!

Davis hearing postponed again

Published 12:00am Friday, October 8, 2010

The Thursday preliminary hearing for the Opp man accused of murdering his 4-year-old nephew has been postponed until November.
John Curtis Davis, 25, confessed to shooting Curtis Alex-ander Ruede point-blank in the chest with a .177 caliber, 4.5 mm air rifle at a West Cummings Avenue home in Opp, where the two lived with Davis’ mother. Witness reports said Davis shot Ruede when the child dropped a toy on Davis’ foot.
Davis is now charged with capital murder in the boy’s death.
During the preliminary hearing, the state is required to establish probable cause that the case should be bound over for grand jury presentment.
District Attorney Greg Gambril said the postponement came after officers involved in the investigation were scheduled for training sessions out of town.
There has been no order issued setting the November date, he said.
http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2010/10/08/davis-hearing-postponed-again/