Investigators are currently following up on new information regarding the 2017 murder of Shannon Steele.
Shannon Steele was originally from Thomaston but lived in Demopolis, Alabama, United States.
According to the reports, Shannon played basketball and track & field at Amelia Love Johnson High School.
Steele served as a pharmacy technician at the CVS Pharmacy. She was also a CNA at Always Home In-Home Care, as indicated on her Facebook profile.
Shannon was also active in her church and school, and she loved playing basketball and track.
Demopolis Police Investigators Found New Information About The Murder Of Shannon Steele’s Murder
On Thursday, December 28, 2017, a west Alabama woman was found slain when police arrived at her home to serve papers, and her young 4-year-old son told them someone had killed his mother.
The child led police to a bedroom where the body of Steele was found, deceased from a gunshot wound.
Demopolis Police Chief Tommie Reese identified the victim as 29-year-old Shannon Sharell Steele.
Steele’s 4-month-old daughter, who was not harmed, was also in the bedroom with her. Two other daughters weren’t home at the time.
Steele’s aunt, Valada Steele, served as a dispatcher with Marengo County. E-911 was on duty that day and took the call.
Having to stay calm and dispatch emergency help as needed, after realizing the address belonged to her niece, was one of the most challenging things she had ever had to do.
The police chief said Demopolis Fire and Rescue and AmStar EMS were called to the scene, but the victim had already died.
Detectives and crime scene investigators spent several hours at the scene talking to neighbors and collecting evidence.
Her body was sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for autopsy.
Recently, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, the department reported that there is new information about the murder of Shannon, whose body was discovered in her apartment at Queensbury Lane in Edgemont Village in Demopolis.
However, the new information was not revealed in the social media report.
In 2020, the Demopolis Department and the District Attorney’s office increased the reward to $20,000.
The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office contributed $10,000, while the Demopolis Police Department and Gov. Kay Ivey contributed $5,000, respectively.
District Attorney Rachel England told,
“We have never stopped working to solve this case and catch Shannon’s murderer,” “I am hopeful that we will be in a position to move forward with it soon. Demopolis is a close knit community and Shannon is and always will be a Demopolis woman who was loved by many in this community for her kindness. It is time for those in this community to step up and speak up on what they know about Shannon’s case like I have no doubt in my mind she would have done for others. Shannon did not deserve to be executed in her home in front of her children, it is time to bring peace and closure to her family and her memory.”
Rachel England
The department is still seeking individuals with information to come forward and help provide closure for her family.
Anyone with information can contact the Demopolis Police Department at (334) 289-3073, the DPD Tipline at (334) 216-4077, or Central Alabama Crimestoppers at (334) 215-STOP (7867).
In Case You Didn’t Know
- Shannon Sharell Steele shared a close bond with her mother, Germaine Sanders, who has been taking care of Shannon’s children.
- Shannon Steele graduated from Lawson State Community College in 2009.
