Investigator Justin Beal of the University of Alabama Police Department has died after a years-long battle with a rare and aggressive cancer. He was a former Tuscaloosa Police Department officer.
Service and Legacy
In a post commemorating him, UAPD said Beal joined their ranks in March 2023 and was assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division in the fall of 2024. He died Wednesday after battling adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare cancer first diagnosed in February 2019.
He underwent surgery, eight weeks of radiation and eight weeks of chemotherapy at that time before the cancer returned in September 2025, spreading to multiple areas of his right sinus, jaw and eye socket.
CID supervisor Lt. Daniel Pate remembered Beal as someone who consistently went above and beyond despite his illness.
Beal is survived by his wife, Christina, and their children, Gracie, Braxton and Chadeyn.
Original reporting: The Tuscaloosa Thread — read the source article.
