Jailed in 2 deaths, man faces new charge in death of man, 85
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A man already jailed in connection with a double-killing in March has now been named by Jackson police as a suspect in a February death.
The victim in the February case was 85-year-old James Hankins. Jackson media report that Hankins was working in his yard Feb. 13 and was shot in the head by a man who took his wallet.
Now, authorities have issued a capital murder arrest warrant for 19-year-old Joshua Dukes in the Hankins case. Dukes is already in jail. He is charged with two counts of capital murder in the March 5 deaths of two people shot during an armed robbery.
