Officials release details of Dale County homicide

ENTERPRISE, Ala. (WTVY) – Officials have released details about a weekend murder in Dale County.

Dale County Sheriff Mason Bynum addressed the media Tuesday morning.

Authorities booked 29-year-old James Johnson into the Dale County Jail for the murder of 57-year-old Sherry Clark.

Sheriff Bynum said Clark was found forcibly tied up in her bedroom. Preliminary autopsy reports revealed severe head and neck injuries. An official cause of death is still pending.

Johnson was recently released from a Florida prison. He was staying with relatives who lived next door to Clark at the time of the murder.

Watch the full press conference in the video player above this story.

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