A man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of a Jackson woman.
Hinds County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release that Jimel Smith shot and killed Priddy Jackson, 19, in May 2021, “following an argument over text messages that Smith found in Jackson’s phone.”
Investigators said Smith took Jackson’s body to a rural area in Leake County, where he tried to dispose of her remains. After Jackson’s family reported her missing, detectives with the Jackson Police Department identified Smith as a suspect in her disappearance.
The district attorney’s office said Smith confessed to police and led officers to Jackson’s remains.
Smith was sentenced to 40 years in prison, with 10 years suspended. Under Mississippi law, Smith will serve the 30-year sentence without the possibility of reduction or parole
Source : WAPT16
