Couple wanted for murder nabbed in Eufaula

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - UPDATE:

Richard Eugene Bishop Jr. and Courtney Nicole Ingram were found and arrested by the Eufaula Police Department.

According to EPD, the couple was found Saturday night and returned to the Dothan Police Department.

The couple was wanted for the murder of Patrick Parrish, whose body was discovered after a welfare check on May 8.

ORIGINAL:

Police are searching for an armed and dangerous Dothan couple after a body was discovered on Coe Dairy Road, the Dothan Police Department said in a statement Friday.

Courtney Ingram (33) and Richard Bishop, Jr. (31) are wanted for the murder of Patrick Parrish (54) of Dothan.

Parrish’s body was discovered on May 8, when a welfare check was conducted at his house in the 1300 block of Coe Dairy Road after an “unusual amount of time passed” without anyone hearing from him.

After knocking on Parrish’s door, officers noticed a foul smell coming from the home.

Officers found Parrish’s body in a position indicative of foul play, and investigators were called to the scene.

While processing the crime scene, investigators noticed Parrish’s truck was missing. Parrish had last been seen with Ingram and Bishop before his death. The two were seen leaving in the victim’s vehicle.

The truck was recovered days later in Eufaula.

Parrish’s cause of death is still being investigated; however, investigators have received enough information to charge Ingram and Bishop with one count of murder each.

Anyone with information on this case is encouraged to contact the Dothan Police Department.

“Our thoughts are with the family of Patrick Parrish as they begin to cope with this family loss,” DPD said.

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