Dying Alabama man ready to ‘meet his maker’ confesses to 1995 cold case murder
An Alabama man diagnosed with terminal lung cancer confessed Wednesday to killing another man 25 years ago, solving a cold case murder that had "nothing else to follow up on," according to authorities. Johnny Dwight Whited, 53, of Trinity, called the Decatur Police Department wanting to confess to the murder, telling police he wished to "lift a weight from his chest" and that he was prepared to “meet his maker." Detective Sean Mukaddam, a Decatur police violent crimes investigator said he was originally skeptical after his secretary informed him of the nature of the call.