Nodine Trial: Defense expert says evidence points to suicide

The defense is working hard to prove former Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine didn’t kill his girlfriend Angel Downs.

Private investigator Michelle Alfanso disputed the prosecution’s suggestion that Steve Nodine could have taken a shower after Angel Downs’ death at Timber Creek Golf Club in Daphne.

Dr. James Lauridson, a forensic pathologist hired by the defense, testified that he believes Angel Downs’ death should be called a suicide from the “get go.”

Ruby Moore, the owner of a downtown Mobile restaurant, told jurors she saw Nodine and Downs on the Thursday before Downs’ death holding hands.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”