Man found guilty of fatally shooting nephew’s wife after she issued haunting dare during argument over lost cow

Timothy Houston Harville, 61, was found guilty of murder and other offences after fatally shooting his nephew’s wife, Angela Harville, at her home in Hatton, Alabama. The verdict concerns a shooting in September 2023, during an argument that began when Harville arrived to help look for a lost cow.

Court testimony said an argument broke out with a visitor on the porch, and Harville later argued with Angela inside the house. Her husband said he heard her tell Harville, “Go ahead and blow my brains out”, before he fired one shotgun round and said, “There you go.” Harville was also convicted of first-degree unlawful imprisonment, menacing and first-degree burglary; his lawyer said he maintains his innocence and disputes the evidence against him.