I just want to clarify that “homicide” isn’t just murder. In AL it includes murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.
That would include giving someone a drug that caused them to accidentally die.
So when posters are saying they believe this was homicide, that’s almost certainly true because it’s such a broad definition:
(a) As used in Article 1 and Article 2, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section:
(1) CRIMINAL HOMICIDE. Murder, manslaughter, or criminally negligent homicide.
(2) HOMICIDE. A person commits criminal homicide if he intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or with criminal negligence causes the death of another person.
Alabama Code Title 13A. Criminal Code § 13A-6-1 | FindLaw