A Russellville, Alabama, woman is facing murder charges this week after a recovery period from heart surgery took a violent and fatal turn. Sheri Mitchell-Clutts, 65, was arrested Sunday evening following a 911 call she placed herself, reporting that her husband had been shot.
When Franklin County deputies arrived at the couple’s home around 7:30 p.m., they discovered 69-year-old Timothy Clutts dead in a recliner. He had suffered a single gunshot wound to the chest. While Mitchell-Clutts initially suggested to dispatchers that she had felt threatened leading up to the incident, her story shifted during police questioning.
According to Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver, the suspect eventually admitted to the shooting, citing a growing sense of annoyance with her husband of 15 years.
Mitchell-Clutts had undergone open-heart surgery roughly two weeks prior. She reportedly told investigators that while she was trying to recover, her husband’s frequent visits to her room began to irritate her.
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The investigation suggests the act was not a split-second reaction. Sheriff Oliver stated that Mitchell-Clutts allegedly grabbed a handgun, waited for her husband to return, and then actively searched the house for him. She found him sitting in his recliner and fired the fatal shot.
“Her demeanor seemed obviously upset from what little interaction I had with her at the scene, but you never know what’s going through somebody’s mind,” Sheriff Oliver said.
The sheriff’s office is currently digging into the couple’s past to see if there were any warning signs of violence, though early findings show a quiet history.
“We’re going through at this time, but as of right now, we’ve gotten the call log and went back six years,” Oliver noted. “At this point, there’s, that we can find, no domestic related calls there.”
Mitchell-Clutts is currently being held without bond at the Franklin County Jail.
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