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2023-01-23 21:37:06

Charges Dropped Against Woman in Alabama Well Body Case

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By Associated Press

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Prosecutors have dismissed murder charges against an Alabama woman in a 2019 killing in which a womans body was found at the bottom of a well.

A Tuscaloosa County judge granted a motion Monday to drop the case against Monic Mochell Battles, al.com reported.

Battles had been scheduled to stand trial Feb. 6 in the killing of 20-year-old Willoe Watkins. Authorities say Watkins was beaten and strangled to death before her body was found in July 2019 wrapped in garbage bags and dropped down a well. Her killers then covered the well in concrete.

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