Dr.
Dick Owens reportedly was abducted and beaten at his Haleyville home Tuesday,
July 19, then forced to drive to his Northport home where he killed his captor.
Mrs.
Owns and their eight year old daughter escaped their Northport home just before
the shooting.
Ricky
Brimer,49, of Haleyville, died Tuesday morning at DCH hospital. Lieutenant Loyd
Baker, commander of the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide calls the case "bizarre."
According
to investagators, Brimer was a friend who once lived with the family but was asked
to leave when his behavior became odd. According to police there was a protection
order against Brimer.
No
charges have been brought against Dr. Owens.