Trussville man, 81, indicted in wife’s 2022 murder

TRUSSVILLE, Ala. (WBRC) - A Jefferson County grand jury has indicted an 81-year-old man in the murder of his wife.

John B. Harris is charged with the June 2022 murder of 82-year-old Jo Ann Henry Harris.

The indictment handed down in December says Mrs. Harris was suffocated/strangled.

Police say Harris barricaded himself in a home last June on Brookstone Drive and told police he had killed his wife and would kill himself.

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Mr. Harris was taken to UAB Hospital when he shot himself. He is now being held on the medical floor at the Jefferson County Jail.

A trial date has not yet been set.

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