Joshua Duncan
Dennis Morgan Hicks
Jury recommends death penalty in case of slain mentally challenged man
The Mobile County District Attorney's office tweeted Wednesday afternoon that the jury in the trial of Dennis Hicks has recommended the death penalty.
Hicks, 57, was convicted last week of the 2011 murder of Joshua Duncan, a mentally challenged man.
Duncan had been missing for a month when his remains were found in October 2011 in the former Mobile Police Firing Range on Cody Road. Duncan's body was decapitated and disemboweled.
Hicks was previously imprisoned for 25 years for a 1979 double-homicide in Wayne County, Mississippi. Hicks stabbed and shot those two victims. The bodies were later found in his vehicle.
While still a suspect in this investigation, he was arrested for theft of property in Spanish Fort, thus violating his parole. While in jail, he was charged with capital murder in the death of Duncan.
Lt. Paul Burch of the Mobile Sheriff's Office told AL.com in December 2012 that Hicks befriended Duncan at a church in west Mobile.
Although the DA's office has released information about their recommendation, it is currently unknown how long the penalty phase of Hicks' sentencing will continue.
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