James Ord Watkins, a 59-year-old man, was one of five people found slain inside Birmingham’s Changing Times Lounge on October 16, 1994, in a crime that unfolded with chilling stillness by morning light. According to court records and memorial reporting, Watkins was among the regular patrons in the bar when the night turned deadly. When the bodies were discovered, Watkins, along with Florence Adell Elliott and William A. Nelson Sr., was found in the bar area, while Lester and Pamela Dodd, who w
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