Victoria Ann Malet, 54, was found dead on November 6, 2022, in a wooded area off Cook Springs Road near Pell City in St. Clair County. Authorities said she had suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and the discovery quickly became a homicide investigation.

Within days deputies said they had leads; Sheriff Billy Murray announced investigators had identified Michael Jerome Butler of Greenville as a suspect and obtained a murder warrant charging him in Malet’s death. Reporting at the time said Butler was already in custody in Prattville on other violent felony allegations when the St. Clair County murder charge was filed, and news accounts tied him to a multi-day violent spree in early November 2022. Some reports also linked Butler to the rape of Malet.

Public coverage that followed focused heavily on Butler’s separate cases in Autauga County, where he later pleaded guilty to charges arising from abductions and sexual assaults in Prattville. Clair County murder charge connected to Malet’s death. Does anyone have information about Victoria Malet’s last known movements or contacts in early November 2022?