Prattville police say Doster Road death is no longer a homicide case
Autopsy results changed the course of the Doster Road death investigation, and Prattville police say it is no longer being handled as a homicide. The victim has not been identified publicly.
Prattville police have pulled the Doster Road death out of their homicide track after an autopsy, a significant shift in a case that began with officers finding a man dead at a residence in the city on May 24.
Police went to the home on Doster Road about 4 p.m. that day and initially treated the death as a homicide investigation. By May 29, however, the Prattville Police Department said the case was no longer being investigated as a homicide after the autopsy. Officials have not publicly identified the man found dead.
The change matters for residents who know Doster Road as one of Prattville’s established corridors, not a remote stretch on the edge of town. City records show Doster Road remains part of active municipal business, including a city ordinance published May 21 that referenced property at 498 Doster Road. That detail underscores that the location is a familiar part of daily traffic and city operations in Autauga County.
For now, police have not released a cause of death or said what the autopsy did or did not show. They have also not announced any arrest or described a continuing danger tied to the road itself. Based on the department’s update, the case has moved away from the homicide framework that first drew public attention after officers found the body.
The Prattville Police Department lists Chief Mark Thompson as chief of police and says the agency is made up of 100 sworn officers, six full-time employees and 19 part-time support personnel. The department has also directed the public in active cases to use its main number, the Criminal Investigative Division or the Secret Witness Line when they have information to share.
That combination of a changed investigative posture, a familiar local address and still-quiet details leaves the central questions open: what the autopsy showed, how the man died, and whether detectives will describe the case any further. For now, authorities say only that the death on Doster Road is no longer being handled as a homicide.
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