Alabama
Circuit Court Judge Pending Identification
Montgomery County Circuit Court
- Case on record
- 1
- Ended in a killing
- 1
- Prior arrests across these defendants
- 4
Background
In early 2019, granted bond to Ibraheem Yazeed on charges of kidnapping, attempted murder, and robbery — at the time these were not capital offenses in Alabama and could not be denied bail. Yazeed was free on that bond when he kidnapped and murdered 19-year-old Aniah Blanchard. Her death led to the passage of Aniah's Law in Alabama (2022), which lets judges deny bail for additional violent felonies.
Cases on record
264
days after release
Murder in Auburn, Alabama
Aniah Blanchard, 19
Released February 1, 2019. Terms: Bond granted (charges not capital, bail mandatory at the time).
Blanchard disappeared from a gas station in Auburn, Alabama. Her remains were found weeks later in Macon County. Yazeed — free on bond for the Montgomery kidnapping/attempted-murder charges — was captured in Florida in November 2019 and convicted of her murder in March 2026. Sentenced to life in prison.