Sentencing in Capital Murder Case : Live Report
News 25's Laurene Callander tells us more about the sentencing of 20 year-old Rashad Johnson in capital murder case beginning today.
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Aggravated assault charges leads to second degree murder
On July 14, 2017, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 31-year-old James Christopher Woodard, homeless, on the charge of Aggravated Assault. The arrest was the result of a patrol response, at 12:18 p.m., to a homeless camp in the area of…
Sailor pleads guilty for killing transgender woman
Today justice for the family of a transgender woman killed by a Navy sailor last July in Jackson County. Dwanya Hickerson met Dee Whigham online, they went to a hotel in St. Martin, had sex and then Hickerson stabbed Whigham…
Man pleads guilty to transgender woman’s murder
Today justice for the family of a transgender woman killed by a Navy sailor last July in Jackson County. Dwanya Hickerson met Dee Whigham online, they went to a hotel in St. Martin, had sex, and then Hickerson stabbed Whigham…
Murder suspects appear in court
The three teenagers accused of killing six-year-old Kingston Frazier during a carjacking in Jackson were in court today for their preliminary hearings. The case against 19-year-old Byron McBride has been bound over to a grand jury. He will be held…
New indictments against Mobile man accused of killing Biloxi woman
The Mobile District Attorney’s Office announced three new indictments against murder suspect Steven Mason, who is accused of killing 24-year-old Biloxi native Ke’Lei Morris in 2015. According to Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Wright, Mason asked another man to kill three…
New details in Harrison County shooting death
New details in the shooting that took place Sunday night in Harrison County. The charges against 19-year-old David Ryals have been upgraded from aggravated assault to murder after the victim, 21-year-old Blake Carroll, died of his injuries at the hospital.…
Arrest made in Trevues Martin murder
Another person is behind bars in connection to the murder of Trevues Martin, the 20-year-old who was found dead in the front seat of his vehicle hours before his 21st birthday. Gulfport police arrested 18-year-old Kalisha Crockett Friday evening. Crockett…
Jackson County murder suspect waives preliminary hearing
The case for the capital murder suspect accused of killing a man in Latimer will be sent to the grand jury after Thomas Stafford waived his preliminary hearing this morning in Jackson County. The 40-year-old is accused of murdering his…
Oren Lewis trial set for this week
The trial for the father accused of killing his one-year-old daughter in Hancock County is expected to begin this week. Oren Lewis is charged with capital murder. In December 2013 his daughter Maleah Bush allegedly fell off a bed while…
Murder suspect waives preliminary hearing
The capital murder suspect accused of killing a man in Latimer waived his preliminary hearing in Jackson County this morning. Forty-year-old Thomas Stafford is accused of murdering his roommate, 65-year-old Jerry Kirkendall, by strangulation before stuffing his body into a…
Two count murder indictment
A Jackson County grand jury indicts a Moss Point man for second degree murder on top of another murder charge. Thirty-four year-old Brandon Colby Smith was charged with the murder of Elizabeth Corene Jones back in January. Jones was found…
Moss Point man sentenced to life in prison
Moss Point resident Antron McWilliams will spend the rest of his life in prison for first degree murder. McWilliams pled guilty for shooting and killing Dornelle Brown in Pascagoula in January 2016. MDOC has identified Williams as a member of…
Man sentenced in federal hate crime
A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 49 years in prison for the first ever conviction on federal hate crime charges from the killing of a transgender person. A federal judge on Monday sentenced Joshua Vallum, who had previously been…
Woman Charged With DUI Causing Death
One Pass Christian woman is now behind bars charged with felony DUI causing death. Pass Christian assistant Police Chief M.Y. Carbine says 37 year old Natalie Duvernay is charged with the crime. The arrest stemmed from an investigation into a…
Oren Lewis Murder Trial Set To Begin Today
The trial for the father accused of killing his one year old daughter in Hancock County is expected to begin today. Oren Lewis is charged with capital murder. In December 2013 his daughter Maleah Bush alleged fell of a bed…
Grand Jury Indicts Murder Suspect
A grand jury indicts the Rankin County man accused of killing multiple people, wounding others, and stealing cars in Mississippi, New Mexico, and Kansas. A Rankin County grand jury indicted Alex Deaton on charges of first-degree murder, auto theft, and…
Remembering Kari Whitley
Kari Whitley was a woman with a huge heart and she never let anything get her down. Instead of remembering the 43-year-old as a the victim of a heinous Gulfport murder, that’s the way Texas native Laura O’Halloran wants Coast…
Gulfport man charged with murdering his wife
The Gulfport Police Department arrested 48-year-old William Douglas Bryant Jr. of Gulfport on the charge of murdering his wife. Police arrived on scene with Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove to Legacy of Gulf Pointe apartments on Lindh Road around 3…
Arrest made in Gulfport apartment death
On May 3, 2017, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 48-year-old William Douglas Bryant Jr., of Gulfport, on the charge of murder. Bryant’s arrest was the result of a patrol response to Legacy Apartments located at 820 Lindh Road in reference…
Cold case murder arrest
A man wanted in a cold case murder in Texas was arrested in Mississippi earlier today. Officials, including U.S. marshals, arrested 61-year-old David Lee Edds in wooded area in Wayne County this morning. Edds was wanted in the murder of…
Capital murder initial appearance
This afternoon, Thomas Stafford made his initial appearance in a Jackson county courtroom where he faces a capital murder charge. The 40-year-old man is accused of murdering 65-year-old Jerry Kirkendall by strangulation before stuffing his body into a freezer at…
Man charged with felony murder in Harrison County
One Harrison County man is now behind bars after admitting on Facebook to murdering his roommate. Thirty-nine year-old Gabriel Curtis has been given a felony charge of murder. Sheriff Troy Peterson received a call from a Florida resident for a…
First degree murder arrests in George County
Two suspects have been arrested and charged with first degree murder in the shooting of 35-year-old Marcus Jordan. George County Sheriff’s Department responded to a shooting around 8 p.m. last night in the area of TLC Lane in the central…