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Press Release – Antonio Ames
Guilty Verdict After Domestic Motel Dispute Turns Deadly November 24th, 2025 (Jackson, MS) Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens, II, announced today that a Hinds County Jury has found 38-year-old Antonio Ames guilty of First-Degree Murder and Felon with a Firearm in the shooting death of 30-year-old Jennifer Ann Ray. On the night of August 27, 2020, officers with the Jackson Police Department responded to the Intown Suites in North Jackson regarding a reported shooting. When officers arrived, they discovered Jennifer Ray lying face-down and unresponsive outside the door of the motel room she shared with Ames. She was…
Press Release – Charity Barnes
Road rage killing at jackson intersection results in life sentence June 5, 2026 (Jackson, MS) – Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens, II, announced today that 47-year-old Charity Barnes has been found guilty of First-Degree Murder in the shooting death of 39-year-old Melissa Turner. On August 20, 2021, officers with the Jackson Police Department responded to a shooting at the intersection of West Street and Woodrow Wilson Avenue. Upon arrival, officers found Melissa Turner suffering from a gunshot wound to the shoulder. She was transported to a nearby hospital, where she later succumbed to her injuries. Investigators learned that…
Press Release – Jordan Thurmond
Defendant Faces Up to 40 years in prison for murder of missing man June 17, 2026 (Jackson, MS) – ) Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens, II, announced that 26-year-old Jordan Thurmond was found guilty of Second-Degree Murder in the shooting death of 29-year-old Dan Belton. The case began on September 19, 2023, when a woman arrived at the Jackson Police Department to report her boyfriend, Dan Belton, missing. She told investigators that Belton had not been seen since September 16, 2023, and that the last time she saw him, he left with Justin Thurmond, Jordan Thurmond’s uncle. While…
Press Release – Genesis Moore
35-Year Sentence Imposed in fatal jackson gas station shooting caught on video May 27, 2026 (Jackson, MS) Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens, II, announced that 25-year-old Genesis Moore pleaded guilty to Second-Degree Murder in the shooting death of 45-year-old Christopher Phillips. On August 20, 2023, officers with the Jackson Police Department responded to the Fuel Express Gas Station in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival, officers found Christopher Phillips unresponsive inside a silver 2016 Hyundai Elantra. Phillips was pronounced dead on the scene. Surveillance footage from the gas station showed Phillips sitting inside his vehicle when a white…
Press Release – Jocquize Williams
40-Year Sentence for Jealous Ex in Deadly Love Triangle November 17th, 2025 (Jackson, MS) Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens, II, announced today that 27-year-old, Jocquize Williams pled guilty to First-Degree Murder and Felon in Possession of a Firearm in the shooting death of 24-year-old Anthony Lindsey, who was dating the mother of Williams’ young child. On June 3, 2021, a deadly love-triangle confrontation unfolded at the Edgewood Terrace Apartments in Jackson. Officers with the Jackson Police Department responded to reports of a shooting. A confrontation escalated into gunfire. Lindsey, who had just celebrated his 24th birthday, was shot…
Press Release – Emmanuel Guerrero
Man Found Guilty of Murder After Repeatedly Running Over Girlfriend, Killing Mother of His Twins September 17th, 2025 (Jackson, MS) Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens, II, announced today that a jury has found 23-year-old, Emmanuel Guerrero guilty of First-Degree Murder in the death of his girlfriend, 23-year-old, Monique Martinez, the mother of Guerrero’s twin children. On the evening of October 4, 2022, Guerrero and Martinez became involved in a heated argument on Creston Avenue in Jackson. The confrontation escalated when Guerrero got into his vehicle, struck Martinez with his car, and then repeatedly ran over her body. Witnesses shouted…