A Wetumpka man was charged with the murder of his longtime girlfriend on Oct. 17.
Corrace Cedrekus Calloway, 34, was arrested by the Wetumpka Police Department last Wednesday in connection with the murder of Selina Quana Powell, 28, also of Wetumpka. Police said they had been involved in a relationship for four years.
According to Cpl. Sean Blackburn, officers were dispatched to a Wetumpka apartment complex after 11 p.m. on Oct. 16 after receiving a report of domestic violence. “It was a mutual domestic violence call that escalated very quickly,” Blackburn said.
When they arrived, police found Powell suffering from multiple stab wounds after a neighbor called 911.
“A neighbor rendered as much aid as she could when she noticed the commotion,” Blackburn said.
Calloway, who had left before officers arrived, was found with similar stab wounds in the Crenshaw Village community.
Blackburn said Calloway was treated for his injuries at Elmore Community Hospital before he was detained. Powell was pronounced dead at a hospital in Montgomery early the next morning.
Blackburn called Powell’s murder tragic and “absolutely preventable.”
“Individuals need to take responsibility for their own actions,” Blackburn said. “If they did, we wouldn’t have domestic violence situations.”
Calloway is currently being held at the Elmore County Jail on a $150,000 bond. Murder is a Class A felony, which can result in a life sentence in prison upon conviction.
