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OR BRITTANY HIS FAMILY IS DESCRIBING HIM AS A VERY CARING AND LOVING PERSON WHO HAD EMBRACED HIS ROLE AS AN AMBASSADOR OF SORTS OF THE LGBTQ LIFESTYLE. NOW THEY FEAR ONE OF HIS LOVE INTERESTS ACTUALLY PLAYED A ROLE IN OF HIDING HIS BODY INSIDE THIS SHED. MY BROTHER, HE CARED FOR EVERYBODY. HE HE EXEMPLIFIED WHAT LOVE IS. DEANDRE COTTRELL WAS A SOURCE OF PRIDE TO HIS BROTHER AND SISTER. THEN THURSDAY NIGHT, THE MARKETING PHD STUDENT VANISHED FOLLOWING 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS AT SISTER ANGELICA’S HOME. HIS FRIEND JULIAN MORRIS TOLD THE FAMILY. COTTRELL SIMPLY RAN OFF THE ENTIRE TIME THAT WE WERE SEARCHING. HE WAS IN MY MOM’S, LIKE IN MY HOUSE, TALKING TO MY MOM, TRYING TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF. D HAD ON A JACKET. COTTRELL SAID THEY SEARCHED FOR HER BROTHER ALL NIGHT, USING DOORBELL CAMERA VIDEOS TO TRACK HIS PATH. THEN SHE REMEMBERS MORRIS TELLING HER ON THE PHONE HE HAD PUT HER BROTHER IN A HOUSE. I WAS LIKE, HEY, HE’S IN A HOUSE. LIKE HE’S IN A HOUSE. DUDE JUST TOLD ME CALM, COOL AND COLLECTED THAT HE’S IN A HOUSE. WE GOT TO GO LOOK IN HOUSES. ULTIMATELY, COTTRELL SHOE WAS FOUND BEHIND THIS SHED TWO BLOCKS AWAY, WHERE DETECTIVES UNCOVERED HIS BODY INSIDE. TIM COTTRELL HAD TO IDENTIFY HIS BIG BROTHER TO POLICE. I TOOK ON THAT CHALLENGE KNOWING THAT MY SISTER AND MY MAMA PROBABLY WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO ACCEPT IT. AND AND I’M OKAY WITH THAT. POLICE HAVE NAMED MORRIS A PERSON OF INTEREST IN COTTRELL’S MURDER. THAT’S HURTFUL TOO, BECAUSE IT’S LIKE MY MY MOM WAS STARING. MY STARING. HER SON’S KILLING EYE. MORRIS HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED IN THE CASE, BUT ANGELICA AND TIM HOPE THEIR FAMILY RECEIVES JUSTICE AND THEIR BROTHER’S LEGACY OF LOVE LIVES ON. MY HOPE IS THAT NOBODY THAT EVER EXPERIENCED THE LOVE THAT DEGENERATED EVER FORGETS IT, INCLUDING THE LOVE THAT TAUGHT HIS BROTHER AND OTHERS TO BE TRUE TO THEMSELVES. BIRMINGHAM POLICE ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP TO HELP TO TRACK DOWN JULIAN TAYLOR MORRIS ACTUALLY, CRIME STOPPERS IS OFFERING A $5,000 REWARD FOR ANY INFORMATION WHICH COULD LEAD TO HIS