Glass indicted on two counts of murder

By Michael Mee/For The Leeds News

A 24-year-old Moody man has been indicted by a grand jury for the murder of his parents earlier this year.

Adrian Glass was indicted of two counts of capital murder, one count each for the slaying of his father, Jimmie Edward Glass, 51, and his mother, Jackie Denise Glass, 49.

The husband and wife were found shot to death at their home on James Taylor Road in Moody in July.

After being apprehended and questioned in South Dakota, Adrian Glass admitted to killing his parents in a hand-written confession. He was being held in the Mount Rushmore State on a probation violation in connection with a 2007 DUI and a stolen property dispute.

At Glass’ preliminary trial in September, Sgt. David Scott of the Moody Police Department testified before District Judge Phillip Seay that officers were called to the Glass residence on Friday, July 31 after being asked to check on the welfare of the couple.

Officers broke a window on the rear door of the residence to gain entry. Sgt. Scott testified that upon his arrival at the residence, the responding officers informed him that there were two bodies inside.

The sergeant was led to the master bedroom entryway. “The house was very cold,” Sgt. Scott testified. The temperature of the house had been lowed to 50 degrees.

The Alabama Department of Forensics was called in to process the scene. Sgt. Scott testified that the couple was found to have died from injuries incurred from multiple gunshot wounds.

A family member at the scene informed authorities that Adrian Glass’ Toyota pickup was not at the residence. Adrian lived at the home with his parents.

A manhunt ensued in the following days and Glass was eventually apprehended on August 5 during Bike Week in South Dakota. He had run out of cash and began using his bank account, which is how authorities were able to track him down.

He was interviewed by members of the Moody Police Department and then extradited back to St. Clair County by plane.

In interviews conducted in South Dakota and back in Alabama, it was revealed that Adrian Glass was in credit card debt. Glass wrote in a statement that combination of alcohol, unemployment, a t-shirt given to him by his mother and “sarcastic” comments she had made to her son contributed to his actions.

The t-shirt read: “My parents said I would become anything. So I became an ***hole.”

After his initial interview in South Dakota, Glass submitted a written statement to St. Clair authorities that outlined what happened the night of July 28.

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