Documents: Alabama State student from Fort Lauderdale, 21, charged with murder in strangling of woman he was dating
Aug 25, 2026
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (WSVN) — A South Florida man was charged with murder in the death of an Alabama State University student.
Twenty-one-year-old Jalil Bivens, a sophomore from Fort Lauderdale, is accused of strangling the victim, identified as 20 year-old victim Ava Walters, also from Fort Lau
derdale.
Walters found dead at an off-campus housing facility in Montgomery, Sunday morning.
Court documents state Bivens and Walters were dating. Bivens is being held at the Montgomery County Detention Facility.
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