Rita Johnston

Johnston to Remain in Jail

The woman charged with capital murder in the death of a Biloxi man will remain in jail without bond. This was the judge’s decision as Rita Johnston made her initial court appearance at the Jackson County Jail today. The other…

Cause of Death Revealed in Jackson County Homicide

On March 23, 2016 the Mississippi State Crime Lab in Jackson, Mississippi conducted an autopsy on Donta Lashawn Banks. The cause of death was determined to be from a gunshot to the head. The complete results of the autopsy are…

Two Charged in St. Andrews Homicide

A new twist in a Jackson County murder investigation, deputies say the car the two suspects crashed into a Biloxi house last night belonged to the victim. Thirty-six year-old Rita Johnston and 35-year-old Hubert Anderson have been charged with capital…

Two Charged in St. Andrews Homicide

New developments this afternoon about the homicide investigation in which the body of a man was found on a dirt road in the St. Andrews community of Jackson County Tuesday morning. Two have been charged with capital murder: Rita Johnston…