Man charged in connection with Collegiate graduate Whitney Robeson's death

An Alabama father has been charged with manslaughter in the March shooting death of Whitney Robeson, a 22-year-old Richmond woman who was dating his son.

Jeffrey Scott Towers was arrested Monday after detectives obtained an arrest warrant, according to the Trussville Police Department.

He was charged with manslaughter and issued a $30,000 bond.

Towers, 54, was the father of Whitney Robeson's boyfriend at the time of her death, according to AL.com.

Investigators initially said the shooting death appeared accidental.

Robeson, a Richmond native and Collegiate School graduate, had just begun working as a trade consultant at Restoration Hardware in Birmingham.

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