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Son Arrested For Brutal Murder Of 82-Year-Old Father: Mercer County Prosecutor
A Mercer County man was arrested for murder after brutally stabbing his 82-year-old father, authorities said.
Joelle Jackson, 54, was charged with murder and weapons offenses, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri announced in a release alongside local officials on Wednesday, Nov. 23.
Police responded to a stabbing at an apartment in the 700 block of Denow Road in Hopewell Township around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 22, and found Ishmeal Jackson, 82, on the kitchen floor with multiple stab wounds, Onofri said.
Jackson was pronounced dead at the scene.
A follow-up investigation by…