AL AL- Elizabeth Peterson aka Liz Sutherland, 64, hospital worker, newly arrived from Scotland, fatally shot outside her apt., Birmingham, 15 Dec 2018

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By Carol Robinson
Dec 14 2023

Murder of Birmingham hospital worker unsolved 5 years later; police seek information

The deadly shooting happened Dec. 15, 2018. Killed was Elizabeth Peterson, known to her friends as Liz Sutherland. Peterson had moved from Scotland to Birmingham two weeks earlier to start a better life for herself.

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''Authorities are asking for the public’s help solving the murder of a 64-year-old hospital worker who was killed outside her Birmingham apartment five years ago.

The deadly shooting happened Dec. 15, 2018, in Birmingham’s Southside. Killed was Elizabeth Peterson, known to her friends as Liz Sutherland.

Peterson had moved from Scotland to Birmingham two weeks earlier to start a better life for herself.


She worked at Children’s of Alabama and was attending graduate school to get a degree in social work.''

 

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Scottish expat shot dead on her doorstep in USA weeks after moving in

Elizabeth Peterson, known to her friends as Liz Sutherland, had recently split up with her husband before she was killed outside her home in Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday night.

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By MATT LECLERE FOR MAILONLINE, 19 December 2018
''She moved into the apartment following a recent break-up with her American husband, who she married four years ago, it was reported''
''Police continue to attempt to establish a motive behind the cold-blooded killing.

Ms Sutherland, who was originally from Port Glasgow, had moved into her apartment only two weeks before her death, according to reports in America.

Witnesses were said to have heard shouting and gunfire in Southside area of the city.''

Scot who moved to US for new life with American husband shot dead outside home

Liz Sutherland, 64, originally of Port Glasgow, was shot outside her new apartment she had moved into two weeks ago.

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''A Scot who went to start a new life in the US with her American husband has been shot dead.

Liz Sutherland, 64, originally of Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, was murdered in Birmingham, Alabama, on Saturday night.

Liz, who married Alabama therapist Edward Peterson but was estranged from her husband, was killed outside a new apartment she had moved into only two weeks ago.

Friends said she was shot after getting out of her car at the flat.''