According to prosecutors, a Georgia man killed his deputy sheriff’s wife and her brother two years ago to keep his two children with another woman a secret.
A Newton County jury last week found Jaquavia Jackson guilty of two counts of first degree murder, two counts of first count of murder, two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of aggravated possession of weapons in the 2021 murders of his wife, Shakeema Brown Jackson, and her brother, Levoy Brown .
“A daughter and son were taken from a family in a horrific, premeditated incident. Nothing can ever make up for the huge loss suffered by Shakeema and Levoy. But this ruling holds the person responsible for taking her from her family,” Newton District Attorney Randy McGinley said in a statement.
Newton County Sheriff’s Deputy found Shakeema Jackson and Brown fatally shot at a home on Windcrest Drive on October 21, 2021.
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The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia mourned the loss of Deputy Shakeema Brown Jackson.
At the time, Jaquavia Jackson was at the home and told authorities that two unidentified men broke into the home and killed his wife and brother-in-law.
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Investigators later found that Jaquavia and Shakeema were scheduled to appear in court the next morning to deal with the claims of two women who said the defendant had “fathered children with them” but “persuaded someone else to” one To conduct DNA testing, McGinley said in a press release.
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Jaquavia feared that at that hearing his wife “would have found out the truth and the extent of his lies and deceit,” the prosecutor continued.
Jaquavia Jackson feared his wife “would have found out the truth and the extent of his lies and fraud” at a hearing, prosecutors said.
Evidence against the defendant in his murder trial included surveillance footage from a neighbor showing that no one entered or exited the Jacksons’ home on the day Shakeema and Brown were shot. Jaquavia also called a neighbor across the street on the morning of the murders to ask if his security camera was working, but the neighbor told him it wasn’t.
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Jaquavia also staged a shot that appeared to come from outside the home to make it appear as if intruders were shooting at his wife and brother-in-law inside.
Forensic evidence presented to the court showed the defendant shot his wife “multiple times” while she was lying on the sofa wrapped in a blanket and scrolling through Facebook on her phone, prosecutors said.
Shakeema Brown Jackson had only been a deputy with the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office for about a month when she was murdered.
A court hearing for Jaquavia is scheduled in the near future.
Shakeema had only been a deputy with the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office for about a month when she was murdered. She is known for having a lively personality and always greeting inmates “good morning, no matter how disrespectful” they may have been, the sheriff’s office said in a statement in October 2021 after her death.
“This is a heartbreaking loss for the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office,” Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat said in a statement at the time. “This is a difficult time for the sheriff’s office and we ask for your continued prayers.”
