DECATURVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Prosecutors say a third man has been charged with murder in the case of a slain Tennessee nursing student.
The Shelby County District Attorney’s office said Wednesday that John Dylan Adams has been charged with premeditated first-degree murder and murder in the perpetration of aggravated kidnapping and aggravated rape of Holly Bobo.
Adams’ brother, Zachary Adams, and another man, Jason Autry, also face the same charges after new indictments were issued. Zachary Adams and Autry already had been previously charged with murder and kidnapping.
Bobo was 20 when she was reported missing from her home in rural Parsons in April 2011. Her disappearance and the subsequent lengthy search attracted national attention. Authorities say her skull was found in woods in Decatur County in September.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A West Tennessee woman who was awaiting a new trial in the stabbing death of her mother has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
Noura Jackson entered an Alford plea Wednesday and was sentenced to 15 years in prison in the death of Jennifer Jackson, who was stabbed more than 50 times in June 2005. Under an Alford plea, a defendant doesn’t admit guilt but acknowledges there is enough evidence to convict.
The 28-year-old Jackson can seek immediate parole because has been in jail or prison for nearly 10 years.
Jackson was originally convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 20 years and nine months.
In August, the Tennessee Supreme Court ordered a new trial, citing two constitutional errors made by lead prosecutor Amy Weirich, the current Shelby County District Attorney.
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The body of blues legend B.B. King will return next week to the Mississippi Delta where his life and career began.
His body will be flown on May 27 to Memphis, Tennessee, the place where a young King was nicknamed the Beale Street Blues Boy. Organizers in Memphis said a musical tribute is scheduled for 11 a.m. that day in W.C. Handy Park on Beale Street, near a blues club that bears King’s name. After that, the body will be driven to Indianola, Mississippi, which King considered his hometown.
A public viewing will be from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. May 29 at the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, and the funeral will be at 11 a.m. May 30 at the nearby Bell Grove Missionary Baptist Church, the museum announced Wednesday. The 15-time Grammy winner will be buried later that day in a private ceremony at the museum, which King helped develop.
“From a practical standpoint, we feel comfortable knowing his final resting place will receive perpetual care at the museum,” the facility’s director, Dion Brown, said in a written statement Wednesday.
In Las Vegas, where King died May 14 at age 89, visitors will be able pass King’s open casket this week during a public viewing from 3-7 p.m. Friday at Palm Mortuary West. But there won’t be seating or a memorial service and mortuary manager Matthew Phillips said photos will be prohibited.
A private service for relatives and invited friends will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the larger downtown Palm Mortuary chapel.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Three nationwide credit reporting agencies have agreed to fix disputed information on credit reports more quickly, wait longer before adding potentially damaging information on medical debt and scrutinize certain data furnished by outside entities, according to a multistate settlement announced Wednesday.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced the pact that Equifax, Experian and TransUnion struck with attorneys general in 31 states. It calls for the agencies to pay a combined $6 million to participating states and to adjust a host of business practices over the next three years.
“It’s a good day for all consumers in the United States,” said DeWine, a Republican. He spearheaded the investigation that led to the deal after reading a 2012 investigation by The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch about consumers denied car loans, house loans and jobs because of mistakes by reporting agencies.
Other attorneys general praised the deal.
“I am pleased that our agreement brings about reforms that will provide for more effective dealings and better communication between consumers and the credit reporting agencies,” said Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange.
“This is a comprehensive settlement that has taken participating states years to negotiate,” Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt said in a statement. “I empathize with those Nevadans who have long struggled with these issues, and am actively working to achieve changes and positive results.”
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