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Alabama businessman Adam Michael Burrus is accused in the shooting death of Connie Woolweaver in ‘crime of passion’ murder

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><header id&equals;"ra-headers">&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0101&semi;">Businessman Adam Michael Burrus&comma; 37&comma;  accused of Alabama mother&&num;8217&semi;s death<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0101&semi;">Burrus&comma;  allegedly shot 37-year-old mother of two&comma; Connie Overstreet Woolweaver in a &&num;8216&semi;crime of passion&&num;8217&semi; murder<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0101&semi;">Burrus described as a friend and business partner of the victim has been arrested&comma; held on &dollar;500&comma;000 bond <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ra-body-wrap">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module top h">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"ra-figure"><figcaption>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-114205" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;12&sol;michael-burrus1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"michael-burrus1" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"1139" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;Adam Michael Burrus has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of Connie Woolweaver<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<article id&equals;"ra-body">An Alabama businessman has been charged with murder in the death of Constance Woolweaver&comma; who was discovered when her 13-year-old son returned from school to their Highland Lakes home in Alabama&comma; Wednesday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Investigators say that Adam Michael Burns &comma; who owns landscaping and fishing lure companies&comma; was a friend and business partner of the 37-year-old victim&comma; a mother of two found dead in a wealthy suburb&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-114207" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;12&sol;connie-woolweaver1&period;jpg" alt&equals;" Connie Woolweaver1&period;jpg" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"1200" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Connie Woolweaver shor in the head in a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;crime of passion”<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>A Linkedin page for Woolweaver&comma; a longtime banker&comma; lists herself as working for his fishing company Bass Attacker&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Speaking with <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;al&period;com&sol;news&sol;birmingham&sol;index&period;ssf&sol;2016&sol;12&sol;suspected&lowbar;killer&lowbar;of&lowbar;highland&lowbar;l&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">AL&period;com<&sol;a>&comma;  Shelby County Sheriff John Samaniego said&colon; Weaver was shot with a pistol multiple times&comma; including once in the head&comma; during a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;crime of passion&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;A motive hasn&&num;8217&semi;t been firmly established&comma; but the victim and the suspect were longtime friends and business partners&comma; and a dispute over money may have been a factor leading to the killing&period; Sheriff Samaniego said he couldn&&num;8217&semi;t confirm that Woolweaver loaned Burrus a large sum of money&comma; but said investigators are aware of that theory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module h">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"ra-figure"><figcaption>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-114224" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;12&sol;connie-woolweaver3&period;jpg" alt&equals;" Connie Woolweaver3&period;jpg" width&equals;"518" height&equals;"664" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;The victim Woolweaver &lpar;photo&rpar; and Burns were a friends and business partners<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Woolweaver just recently moved into her home&comma; which is in a gated community was discovered about 3&colon;46 p&period;m&period; Wednesday inside her home by her 13-year-old son when he arrived home from school&period; She was reportedly shot multiple times with a 9 mm handgun&comma; including at least one gunshot wound to the head&period; She was pronounced dead on the scene&period; Authorities have previous described the scene as &&num;8220&semi;terrible&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Because motorists going through those gates of her community must identify their host or themselves as residents&comma; with a sign-in sheet which is handled by a security guard&comma; investigators quickly figured the victim was likely killed by someone she knew&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-114266" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;12&sol;connie-woolweavers-home1&period;jpg" alt&equals;" Connie Woolweaver's home1&period;jpg" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"720" &sol;><strong>Crime scene&colon; Woolweaver&&num;8217&semi;s upscale home<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>With the few suspects fitting the bill established&comma; investigators developed Burrus as a suspect through other means&comma; about 9&colon;30 a&period;m&period; Thursday and  contacted Burrus at his business&period; He voluntarily went to the sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office for questioning&comma; and it was then that they developed enough probable cause to obtain search warrants for his business&comma; home and vehicle&period; It was in one of those locations that the handgun was recovered&comma; according to police&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Initially Burrus was cooperative but ultimately shut down the questioning&period; &&num;8220&semi;When he saw the interview going in a certain direction&comma; he invoked his rights and we respected that&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Sheriff Samaniego said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Woolweaver started her career at Wachovia bank where she worked for six years&comma; before becoming a small business banker at Regions Bank in 2007&period; A year later she became assistant vice president at Renasant Bank&period; In 2011&comma; she became controller and director of operations at Orange Development Inc&period; in Birmingham and left there  in January 2015&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Her son and daughter are being taken care of by family members&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Her friends set up a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gofundme&period;com&sol;memorial-fund-for-connies-children" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">GoFundMe page<&sol;a> for her children that has raised more than &dollar;19&comma;000 as of Friday evening&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Burrus is currently being held on &dollar;500&comma;000 bond<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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