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Orleans Parish coroner identifies 3 found dead in Fairgrounds home

Orleans Parish coroner identifies 3 found dead in Fairgrounds home
THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT. THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS. THEY’RE RESIDENTS OF NEW ORLEANS AND, WELL, NEIGHBORS AND GENTILLY. THEY ARE REACTING TO THE IDENTITIES OF THREE PEOPLE WHOSE BODIES WERE FOUND DECOMPOSED INSIDE A HOME. THE YOUNGEST VICTIM ONLY 14 YEARS OLD. WDSU REPORTER SHAY O’CONNOR LIVE OUTSIDE THE HOME ON GENTILLY BOULEVARD AND DIABETES TREAT ALL NEW ATTENTION. YOU SPOKE WITH THE YOUNG GIRL’S MOTHER, THE. THAT’S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, JADA AND SELA. I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU ALL WHERE NEIGHBORS HAVE ACTUALLY PLACED SOME FLOWERS OUTSIDE OF THE HOME IN MEMORY OF ALL THREE VICTIMS. NOW, THE CORONER DID CONFIRM TODAY THAT THE 14 YEAR OLD, HER DAD AND UNCLE ALL DIED AFTER BEING SHOT. BUT THE TEEN IN HER DAD’S NAMES WERE ACTUALLY JUST RELEASED TODAY. AND I HOW NEED ANSWERS. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN MY HOME. COULD BE. HOW COULD YOU DO THIS? WELL, A MOTHER IS HOPING FOR ANSWERS. THIS AFTER LEARNING HER TEENAGE DAUGHTER WAS ONE OF THREE BODIES FOUND INSIDE A HOME HERE ALONG GENTILLY BOULEVARD ON JANUARY 3RD. THE ORLEANS PARISH CORONER CONFIRMS 14 YEAR OLD IVANNA JACKSON, HER DAD, WOMAN JACKSON, AND UNCLE ALONZO JACKSON WERE ALL SHOT AND KILLED. IT TOOK SO LONG TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY THEM BECAUSE POLICE SAY THEIR BODIES WERE SO BADLY DECOMPOSED. AMBER LINDSAY SAYS HER LATE DAUGHTER WAS VERY CLOSE TO HER FATHER, WHO HAD SOLE CUSTODY. THE LAST TIME I TALKED TO THEM, SHE WAS DOING GOOD AND HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT HOW THE HURRICANE HAD JUST HIT AND HOW HE WAS TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, PICK UP THE PIECES AND STUFF FROM THAT. NEIGHBORS WHO KNEW THE JACKSON AND SAY THEY WERE A PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND WILL BE MISSED. THAT’S TERRIBLE. I’D LIKE TO KNOW WHO DID IT. WHEN WE HAVE A YOUNG LADY, 14 YEARS OLD, DEAD BY A GUNSHOT, THAT IT’S JUST REALLY HARD TO TAKE. KNEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCILMAN EUGENE GREEN, WHO OVERSEES THE AREA, SAYS HE’S BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR WAYS TO TACKLE CRIME. SO WITH EVERY NEW MURDER, HE TELLS ME HE IS DISHEARTENED. AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE HAD OUR CRIME BEING THERE WAS A MURDER THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE CORNER OF MARTIN LUTHER KING AND REVEREND JOHN RAPHAEL. THERE WAS NEVER A REASON. THAT IS JUSTIFIABLE FOR COMMITTING THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY. AMBER SAYS SHE’LL JUST HAVE TO CHERISH THE MEMORIES SHE HAS OF HER DAUGHTER AND HER DAUGHTER’S FATHER IN HOPES THAT THEY’LL BE JUST AS SOON. OH, I HAVE READ NOW, I HOPE. AND JEAN AND SELA SOME NEIGHBORS HAVE COME FORWARD SAYING THAT THEY DID HEAR SOME SORT OF ALTERCATION. THEY POINT OUT THAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN THE NIGHT THAT ALL THREE DIED. OF COURSE, THEIR BODIES FOUND DAYS LATER. SUCH A SAD SITUATION. REPORTING LIVE FROM GENTILLY, SHAY O’CONNOR, WDSU NEWS. YES, SO TRAGIC INDEED. THANK YOU. AND OPD SAYS AS THEY CONTINUE INVESTIGATING THIS CASE, ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION SHOULD COME FORWARD AN
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Orleans Parish coroner identifies 3 found dead in Fairgrounds home
Three bodies found near the Fairgrounds earlier this month have been identified. The Orleans Parish coroner confirmed that the victims were Alonzo Jackson, 50, Wilmon Jackson, 43, and Evonna Jackson, 14. All of the victims' causes of death were listed as gunshot wounds. The bodies of the victims were found in the 1700 block of Gentilly Boulevard after a wellness call was made to the New Orleans Police Department. A neighbor told WDSU that they called for the wellness check after not seeing the victims for several days.When officers arrived around 9:53 a.m., they found three people dead inside the home and bullets inside the house.According to NOPD, the people inside the home had been dead for several days.Police also reported that there was a reported stabbing at the same house back in June of 2022. It is currently unknown if the stabbing was fatal.The NOPD Homicide Unit is investigating the triple death.Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the Homicide Unit at 504-658-5300 or call Crimestoppers anonymously at 504-822-1111 and toll-free at 1-877-903-7867.

Three bodies found near the Fairgrounds earlier this month have been identified.

The Orleans Parish coroner confirmed that the victims were Alonzo Jackson, 50, Wilmon Jackson, 43, and Evonna Jackson, 14.

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All of the victims' causes of death were listed as gunshot wounds.

The bodies of the victims were found in the 1700 block of Gentilly Boulevard after a wellness call was made to the New Orleans Police Department.

A neighbor told WDSU that they called for the wellness check after not seeing the victims for several days.

When officers arrived around 9:53 a.m., they found three people dead inside the home and bullets inside the house.

According to NOPD, the people inside the home had been dead for several days.

Police also reported that there was a reported stabbing at the same house back in June of 2022. It is currently unknown if the stabbing was fatal.

The NOPD Homicide Unit is investigating the triple death.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the Homicide Unit at 504-658-5300 or call Crimestoppers anonymously at 504-822-1111 and toll-free at 1-877-903-7867.