Murder Book: 04. Victimology and Decedent Records

Twenty-one-page compilation of records from the Jefferson County Coroner’s investigation into the September 15, 1963 death of Johnnie Brown Robinson. The file includes handwritten scene sketches and investigative notes, information concerning witnesses and the circumstances of the shooting, a formal September 26, 1963 coroner’s certification, a coroner case card, postmortem documentation, a hospital admitting report, death-registration reference material, and photographs documenting Robinson’s injuries.

The coroner’s certification identifies Robinson as 16 years old and states that he was dead on arrival at Hillman Hospital after being struck by shotgun pellets fired by Birmingham Police Officer Jack Parker. The coroner declined to issue a verdict at that time and requested that the matter be presented to the grand jury. The compilation preserves both formal death-investigation records and working materials used during the coroner’s inquiry.

Jefferson County Coroner record documenting the death of Sammie Lee Williams, including identifying information, date and place of death, circumstances of injury, investigating officer, and preliminary findings.

Coroner of Jefferson County, Admitting Report, November 20, 1949

Marriage License Record, State of Alabama, Jefferson County, Pages 314-315

Archivist Note: The surviving reproduction is of limited legibility. Handwritten entries that cannot be read with reasonable confidence have not been transcribed or interpreted. Information derived from this record should be corroborated with additional civil, census, or vital records where possible.

D.S.S. Form 1 Registration Card, Sammie Lee Williams

Archivist Note: The bottom of the surviving D.S.S. Form 1 is marked “(over),” indicating that information continued on the reverse side. No scan or reproduction of the reverse side is present in the surviving case file available to this repository. The document is therefore incomplete as preserved, and no attempt has been made to reconstruct the missing reverse-side content.

Summary of biographical and family information concerning Sammie Lee Williams, including birth and death details, family relationships, marriage, employment, residential history, and next-of-kin records.

Original Certificate of Death, recording gunshot injuries and cause of death.

Hillman Hospital Admitting Report to the Jefferson County Coroner

Certificate of Death