The wife of the victim and the man with whom she participated in a relationship have been arrested and charged with murder for the Feb. 18 shooting death of 40-year-old Michael Earl Reese of Morris.

Michael Reese was found shot to death in the home the couple shared in the 600 block of Banks Street in Morris shortly after 8 p.m. on Feb. 18. Morris Police contacted the sheriff’s office and requested assistance with the investigation.

Cindy Henderson Reese, 40, reported that she had arrived home from the grocery store and found the home in disarray. She called the police to check the residence and officers found Michael Reese in a rear kitchen of the home, dead from a gunshot wound.

Sheriff’s investigators determined that Cindy Reese was involved in an affair with 36-year-old Jeffery David Brown of Gardendale.

Detectives developed evidence that indicated Cindy Reese and Brown were responsible for the murder of Michael Reese so that they could be together. The evidence was presented to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office and arrest warrants were issued this morning charging both suspects with the murder.

Reese and Brown were both taken into custody shortly after 1 p.m. today as Brown was dropping Reese off from a lunch date, according to the sheriff’s office.

Both suspects are being held in the Jefferson County Jail with $100,000 bond each.