DEATH PENALTY FOR ALABAMA MAN? Hunter James Tatum was indicted by a grand jury on capital murder charges in connection to the fatal shooting of his wife Summer Knight Tatum, and the death of the couple’s unborn son.
Tatum now faces three charges, including one for capital murder, one for murder of Summer Tatum, and one for murder of another person while having the intent of killing someone else, according to Autauga County Chief Deputy District Attorney C.J Robinson.
“If we’re gonna have a death penalty, if it’s going to exist, then it needs to exist for cases like this,” Robinson said. Photos of Summer Knight Tatum. She was 5 months pregnant when she was shot and killed on Oct. 18, 2021. Her baby, Everett, did not survive either. Family confirmed the name of the baby boy Summer Tatum was never able to meet as Everett. He was rushed into Baptist Medical Center South’s neonatal intensive care unit immediately after birth but did not survive.