Press Release- Mackenzie Stuckey
Lured for Money, Left to Die: Defendant Sentenced to Life for Murder and Kidnapping March 26, 2026 (Jackson, MS) – Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens, II, announced today that 45-year-old Mackenzie “Corey” Stuckey has been found guilty of Second-Degree Murder and Kidnapping, following a missing persons investigation that led to the discovery of 65-year-old Richard Cooper’s decomposed body in an abandoned house. On October 20, 2018, officers with the Jackson Police Department responded to a residence on Winterview Drive after the victim’s daughter reported her father, Richard Cooper, missing. During the investigation, detectives received multiple tips regarding Cooper’s…