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Mobile Police Investigate a Homicide on Old Pascagoula Road

May 7th, 2010

File Number: 10-05-1199

On May 7, 2010 at 3:07 PM Mobile Police received information about a possible body in a trailer at Wanda's Trailer Park located 6941 Old Pascagoula Road. Upon the officer's arrival, they received information that 43 year old Roland Towles was responsible for the death of a man in the trailer. Police then located Roland Towles at Magnolia Trailer Park located 6950 Old Pascagoula Road and detained him while the officers began their investigation.

The Officers returned to Wanda's Trailer park to find a man with apparent traumatic injuries, which appears to have caused his death. Homicide detectives were notified to continue the investigation. An autopsy will be conducted on a later date to determine the cause of death to the man. Roland Towles has been arrested and charged with Murder.

This investigation will continue. and more information will be released as it becomes available. If anyone has information about this incident, please contact the Mobile Police Department at 208-7211, Crime Stoppers at 208-7000, or text 274637 and include keyword CRIME 411.


Officer Christopher Levy
Public Information Office
Office: 208-1926
Fax: 208-1758