FEELING UNSHAKEABLE GRIEF. 16 WAPT’S BROOKLYN JOYNER HAS THE STORY TONIGHT 29-YEAR-OLD LAVEL JACKSON IS BEING CHARGED FOR THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER 62-YEAR-OLD LANA FOR THE DEATH OF 29-YEAR-OLD LAVEL JACKSON IS BEING CHARGED FOR THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER 62-YEAR-OLD LANA BROWN – ACCORDING TO THE ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. HE FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES SOMEONE’S BODY. ON SATURDAY, THE ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WAS ASKED TO DO A WELLNESS CHECK ON BROWN – AND THEY EVENTUALLY DISCOVERED SHE HAD BEEN KILLED IN HER HOME. NOW CRIME SCENE TAPE IS WRAPPED AROUND MULTIPLE HOMES IN NATCHEZ SHE HAD A BIG, BEAUTIFUL SMILE, HER STUDENTS FELT VALUED AND HER COLLEAGUES FELT SUPPORTED 8:10 VO: LAVEL JACKSON VALUED THOSE WHO KNEW HER DESCRIBED HER DEATH AS AN UNIMAGINABLE LOSS THAT WILL NEVER MAKE DR.TONI MARTIN PRINCIPLE MORGAN TOWN ELEMENTARY 8:25 I THINK WHAT I’LL ALWAYS REMEMBER IS HOW SHE MADE PEOPLE FEEL AND HE SMILE, SHE HAD A BIG, BEAUTIFUL SMILE, HER STUDENTS FELT VALUED AND HER COLLEAGUES FELT SUPPORTED 8:10 VO: LAVEL JACKSON IS IN CUSTODY. BROOKLYN: THE ADAMS’S COUNTY’S SHERIFF IS ASKING THAT YOU KEEP BROWN’S FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYERS AS THEY GRIEVE THIS BRUTAL TRAGEDY
Beloved teacher found murdered; son arrested in connection with his mother’s death
A Mississippi community is mourning the loss of retired educator Lana Brown-Bradley, whose son has been charged with murder, according to the Adams County Sheriff’s Office.Days after 62-year-old Brown-Bradley was found dead, crime scene tape was still wrapped around multiple homes in Natchez as the Adams County Sheriff’s Office investigates. Deputies have arrested 29-year-old Zachary Lavel Jackson Jr. in connection with his mother’s death. On Saturday, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office was asked to do a wellness check on Brown-Bradley, and they eventually discovered she had been killed in her home. They haven’t released details on how she was killed, but one of the charges her son is facing is mayhem, which means disfiguring or dismembering another person.Brown-Bradley was a well-known and loved educator with the Natchez Adams School District. She worked for at least 30 years, touching the lives of students across the city.”I think what I’ll always remember is how she made people feel, and her smile. She had a big, beautiful smile,” said Dr. Toni Martin, Morgantown Elementary School principal. “Her students felt valued and her colleagues felt supported.”Those who knew her described her death as an unimaginable loss that will never make sense.
A Mississippi community is mourning the loss of retired educator Lana Brown-Bradley, whose son has been charged with murder, according to the Adams County Sheriff’s Office.
Days after 62-year-old Brown-Bradley was found dead, crime scene tape was still wrapped around multiple homes in Natchez as the Adams County Sheriff’s Office investigates. Deputies have arrested 29-year-old Zachary Lavel Jackson Jr. in connection with his mother’s death.
On Saturday, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office was asked to do a wellness check on Brown-Bradley, and they eventually discovered she had been killed in her home. They haven’t released details on how she was killed, but one of the charges her son is facing is mayhem, which means disfiguring or dismembering another person.
Brown-Bradley was a well-known and loved educator with the Natchez Adams School District. She worked for at least 30 years, touching the lives of students across the city.
“I think what I’ll always remember is how she made people feel, and her smile. She had a big, beautiful smile,” said Dr. Toni Martin, Morgantown Elementary School principal. “Her students felt valued and her colleagues felt supported.”
Those who knew her described her death as an unimaginable loss that will never make sense.
