In life, Desta Byrd was a gorgeous woman who lit up a room. After her mysterious slaying in 1999, her beautiful face became the icon of a grassroots movement just south of Birmingham, Ala., where her friends posted billboards seeking "Justice for Desta." Desta's supporters finally got their long-sought justice on Wednesday in a Centreville, Ala., courtroom, where Desta's husband, Jody Byrd, was sentenced to 99 years in prison for her murder. The case sat unsolved for years, with little evidence to disprove the husband's claims that he found his wife lying next to the driveway when he got home from work on Feb.
- 12/18/2013
- by Howard Breuer
- PEOPLE.com
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