HENRY COUNTY, Ala (WDNews) – On September 18th, a routine traffic stop on Highway 95 North by the Henry County Patrol Division led to the arrest of three male subjects for unlawful possession of methamphetamine. The incident occurred around 12:34 a.m., and the suspects were transported to the Henry County Jail.
Later that morning, correction officers noticed a shift in behavior in one of the detainees, 30-year-old Blythe Alexander Poston of Abbeville. EMS was called twice—once around 5:24 a.m. and again at 8:16 a.m. After the second call, Poston was taken to Southeast Health, where he was pronounced dead at 9:26 a.m.
Sheriff Eric Blankenship has requested that the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation take over the case, with Poston’s body sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Science for an autopsy. The investigation is ongoing.
