A 22-year-old recent college graduate who had just begun her dream job was allegedly shot and killed by her boyfriend's father, who was arrested more than two months later for the accidental shooting.
Incident Details
Whitney Robeson was found with a gunshot wound inside a home in Trussville, Alabama, on March 7 at around 9:30 p.m. She was rushed to a local hospital, where she later died, according to police.
On Monday, May 11, authorities arrested Jeffrey Scott Towers, 54, the father of Robeson's boyfriend, on a manslaughter charge following an extensive investigation into the fatal shooting, the Trussville Police Department announced.
Ruling and Investigation
The Jefferson County Coroner ruled the shooting accidental, but specific details of how Towers allegedly mistakenly fired at his son's girlfriend have not been released, according to AL.com.
Victim's Background
Robeson, originally from Virginia, graduated from Auburn University in May 2025 with a degree in interior design. Just weeks before her death, she began her dream job as a trade consultant with Restoration Hardware, according to her obituary.
Her obituary stated: "Whitney was hitting her stride exactly the way we always knew she would. In her new role as a Trade Consultant at Restoration Hardware, this marvelous, independent woman was on the cusp of her successful career in interior design: the job she had always wanted since she was a little girl watching HGTV."
Robeson was described as grounded by her faith and a member of the Delta Gamma sorority in college. Her family added: "Whitney lived with inimitable grace; keen, quiet attentiveness and loyalty; boundless generosity and an uncanny way of always knowing just what she needed to do."
Legal Proceedings
Towers was booked into the Jefferson County Jail and later released on a $30,000 bond.
