A Gulfport, Mississippi girl who was convicted of homicide in 1995 has been arrested once more, this time for allegedly killing her son and stashing his physique behind a false wall.
The Gulfport Police Division stated 66-year-old Jerri Lynn Isreal was arrested on Saturday and charged with first-degree murder.
In line with the investigation, officers responded to a house on sixteenth Avenue at about 5:45 p.m. on Dec. 22, 2023, for experiences of a lacking particular person.
After a number of follow-up interviews with Isreal, detectives started to note on Dec. 27 that there have been a number of discrepancies in her statements.
Jerri Lynn Isreal allegedly killed her son and stashed his physique behind a pretend wall. (Gulfport Police Division)
Police said Isreal grew to become more and more uncooperative all through the investigation and altered her statements a number of instances.
Investigators realized Isreal had been arrested and convicted of homicide in Florida in 1995.
The detectives additional found she had tried to dump the physique of the deceased particular person at a number of areas all through Florida.
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With that data, detectives obtained a search warrant for her dwelling, which was executed at about 10 a.m. on Jan. 18, 2024.
As detectives and crime scene technicians executed the search warrant, Isreal was transported to a close-by hospital for unspecified medical therapy.
Detectives on the dwelling found a wood field behind a false wall in the course of the search, which police stated contained a physique later recognized as John Allen Gaither.
In line with WLOX in Biloxi, Mississippi, Gaither is Isreal’s son.
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Isreal was taken to police headquarters for processing, then transported to the Harrison County Grownup Detention Middle the place she was held.
The investigation into the matter is ongoing and police encourage anybody with details about the incident to contact them at 228-868-5959 or the Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers at 877-787-5898.
