He stated to detectives that the homicide was unintentionally committed.
According to local reports, a South Carolina man acknowledged the murder of a California woman in Alabama 21 years ago. The victim was from California.
According to Lt. Christian Clemons of the Bessemer Police Department, 62-year-old Brian Jones flew from South Carolina to Bessemer, Alabama, to confess to the crime.
In 2001, at the age of 41, Janet Luxford was last seen in Bessemer, Alabama, according to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System operated by the Justice Department.