Dashcam footage shows man with throat cut emerge from shallow grave to report who tried to kill him

A police officer at the scene can be heard telling his dispatch: “"He was buried and dug himself out, this is a bad one."

Footage that shows a man with his throat cut, emerging from a shallow grave to tell officers who tried to kill him, has been released by police.

Forrest Bowyer can be seen bleeding heavily in the dashcam video as he tells officers his son has also been shot three times.

Mr Bowyer, a used car salesman, and his 12-year-old son Brett were abducted by Michael Carruth and Jimmy Brooks in February 2002 in Russell County, Alabama.

The two men posed as police officers before pretending to arrest Mr Bowyer 14 years ago.

Concerned over leaving Brett alone in the house, both Mr Bowyer and his son were abducted and driven to a construction site by Carruth and Brooks.

They then returned to Mr Bowyer’s house and seized a safe containing around $40,000 before shooting the young boy and cutting Mr Bowyer’s throat “from ear to ear”.


 Dashcam video shows the moment Forrest Bowyer approached police officers with his throat cut "from ear to ear"
 (Police)

They then dug a grave for the two Bowyers, throwing the dead child on top of his father.

Carruth and Brooks have been on death row for 12 years for murder and attempted murder.

As Mr Bowyer attempts to explain what happened to officers at the scene, one deputy be heard saying “I got a man that's been cut to hell and said his son's been shot three times, is buried in a grave down here at Uchee, and he wants to go get him.”

"He (Butch) was buried and dug himself out, this is a bad one," he can be heard reporting.

Carruth and Brooks were sentenced to death in 2003 after also being convicted for their involvement in the murder of Thurman, 68, and Katherine Ratliff, 62.