Headland man faces manslaughter charge in death of girlfriend

By MATT ELOFSON

Published: June 11, 2009

Henry County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a 21-year-old Headland man and charged him with manslaughter in the death of his 19-year-old girlfriend.

Henry/Houston County District Attorney Doug Valeska said Anthony Mitchell Money, 21, was charged in the death of Mary Deanna Curry, which occurred on Oct. 17, 2006. Curry died from injuries she suffered when she was struck by a vehicle near the intersection of Henry County roads 53 and 12 in Headland around 12:05 a.m.

“He’s charged with engaging in a physical struggle and then failing to remove her from the path of oncoming traffic,” Valeska said.

Valeska said the pair had been traveling in a vehicle when an altercation occurred. Valeska said Money has been charged with recklessly causing her death by failure to remove her from the path of an oncoming car.

Valeska said the Henry County Sheriff’s Office and the Alabama State Troopers investigated the fatality.

Money was taken to the Henry County Jail and held on a $10,000 bond for the manslaughter charge. If convicted, Money faces two to 20 years in prison for the class B felony crime.

Money was previously arrested in April on a grand jury indictment that charged him with felony second-degree burglary. Valeska said Money was charged with felony second-degree burglary of a Headland residence, during which a 13-year-old girl was sexually abused.