(DOTHAN, Ala.) On January 24, 2025, Dothan Police investigators arrested Dustin Joe Rigsbee (31) of Dothan with one count of Murder in the death of Harleigh Michelle Dills (31). Rigsbee was taken into custody after an hours long stand-off in Jack, AL. Rigsbee was booked into the Dale County Jail and held without bond.
Just after 9:30 am on January 24, 2025, the Dothan Communications Center was notified of a possible firearm assault in the 4000 block of Mance Newton Road in Dothan. The reporting party said Rigsbee, who is a family member of the reporting party, said he had shot Dills at their Mance Newton home. Officers were immediately dispatched to the residence. Officers, while clearing the residence, located Dills in the residence with a single gunshot wound to the upper body. Officers secured the scene and criminal investigators began their investigation.
After a search warrant was obtained for the residence on Mance Newton Road, crime scene investigators began to collect forensic evidence. It was discovered Dills had been shot with a high caliber firearm.
As officers were responding to the scene, they requested the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office make contact with the reporting party and Rigsbee at the residence in Jack, AL. When Coffee County Sheriff’s deputies arrived on scene, Rigsbee fled out of the rear of the residence. Crisis Negotiators were able to make contact with Rigsbee by cell phone to begin negotiations.
After an hours long negotiation, Rigsbee surrendered to Coffee County Sheriff’s Deputies and Alabama Law Enforcement Agency SWAT team. Rigsbee was transported to the Dothan Police Department to be interviewed. Rigsbee has been charged with murder and being held with no bond.
The Dothan Police Department wants to thank the Dale County Sheriff’s Office, Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency for their assistance in this case.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Dills’ family and friends during this difficult and tragic time.
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