Man who reportedly killed Alabama woman after she wouldn’t return his love found dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound

Published 6:07 am Wednesday, June 2, 2021

A 50-year-old Alabama man suspected of killing a 25-year-old woman in Mobile County was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Rico Washington, 50, was reportedly found dead at a cemetery on Shelton Beach Road Extension in Mobile County.

Washington had been identified as a suspect after the body of Lexas Breanna Evans, 25, was found Saturday dumped on a Mobile County road.

FOX 10 News in Mobile reports that Washington may have killed Evans because he was in love with Evans, whoo reportedly did not feel the same way for him.

Officials with the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office told FOX10 that Washington had multiple complaints against him for stalking women but that the complainants never followed up.