"Jane" "PHILIPS" - 10 yo - Jackson GA

Man Arrested in Murder of Mother, Daughter

JACKSON, Ga. - A day after the brutal murder
of a mother and daughter in a Butts County home, the man wanted for the
crime turned himself into authorities. Butts County Sheriff Gene
Pope told FOX 5 News Herman Leonard Jackson, III was picked up in Henry
County on Sunday. Pope said Saturday that Jackson is responsible for the
vicious slaying of a 41-year-old woman and her 10-year-old daughter.
Jackson lived with the two victims at a home on Southern Shored Road
near Jackson, Ga. He said the woman, who family members identify as
Penny Philips was married to Jackson. The sheriff said the
woman's son discovered his mother's body just after 10 a.m. Saturday. It
was hours after he had a strange encounter with the suspect where the
suspect handed him a cigarette and said goodbye. He told detectives he
went back to bed and only later when he got did he discover the gruesome
scene. A few hours after authorities were called to the home,
detectives located Jackson's white 2003 Ford F-150 extended cab pickup
truck abandoned at a Henry County gas station, just a few miles from the
crime scene. Neighbors told FOX 5 News the family had moved into
the neighborhood about six months ago. They said they have heard
fighting and shouting coming from the house in the past Jackson's family spoke
with FOX 5 early Sunday morning to plead for him to surrender to police peacefully.

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/local_news/man-arrested-in-murder-of-mother,-daughter-20110424-tm

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