Alabama man sentenced to life in Stone County murder for hire

District Attorney Joel Smith announced today that Emmett Entrekin, age 67, of Harperville, Alabama pled guilty late Saturday afternoon at the Harrison County Courthouse in Gulfport for his participation in the murder of Timothy Garrison. Entrekin’s trial was set to begin this week in Wiggins. Judge Christopher Schmidt sentenced Entrekin to life in the Mississippi State penitentiary.
Entrekin was one of three people indicted for the murder of Timothy Garrison. Garrison’s wife, Evelyn, pled guilty in August and was also given a life sentence. The killer, Jody Parks, pled guilty in March of this year and was sentenced to life without parole in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
The joint investigation by the Stone County Sheriff’s Office and Mississippi Bureau of Investigations began the night Garrison was killed at his business on Cable Bridge Road in Stone County. Over the next several days, investigators were able to locate several witnesses whom Entrekin had told that he wanted to kill Garrison. Investigators had also been informed that Evelyn had mentioned to several people that she wanted her husband killed. Approximately a week after Garrison’s murder, investigators interviewed Evelyn who admitted seeking out Entrekin to kill her husband. Investigators were able to locate Entrekin and interviewed him. During his interview, Entrekin admitted that Evelyn had offered him $15,000 to kill Garrison. Entrekin agreed to help her, and disclosed that Jody Parks, Entrekin’s cousin, killed Garrison. Parks was later located in Biloxi and admitted that he had killed Garrison with a baseball bat and was promised $10,000 for the killing. However, Entrekin and Parks both stated that neither person actually received any money for the killing.
“At his plea, Entrekin stated that Evelyn had asked him to help find someone to kill her husband and that he introduced Evelyn and Parks. Entrekin denied any other involvement. However, investigators determined that Entrekin had purchased the murder weapon with Parks the night of the murder and had attempted to dispose of the murder weapon by placing it in a sewage pipe on his family’s property in Saucier”, said Assistant District Attorney Matthew Burrell who prosecuted the case along with ADA Ian Baker.