Crime & Safety
Birmingham Missing Persons Case Reclassified As Homicide
A missing persons case in Birmingham has now been reclassified as a homicide after the man's body was found on Sunday.

BIRMINGHAM, AL — What started as a missing persons report over the weekend has become a homicide investigation after the body of 25-year-old Ryan Clayton Brown was found Sunday.
Sgt. Rod Mauldin of the Birmingham Police Department said Brown's body was found in the 2800 block of 29th Street SW just before 3 p.m. Sunday.
Brown was last seen on Thursday with two unknown black males in the Ensley/ Fairfield area, Mauldin said. His vehicle was discovered burned in the city limits of Fairfield.
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Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact the Birmingham Police Department at 205-297-8434.
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