On the morning of June 15, 2021, Cedar Rapids police responded to a 911 call from 20-year-old Alexander Ken Jackson at the family home on Oak Leaf Court NE. Officers found three family members dead in different rooms: 61-year-old Jan Perry Jackson had been shot five times in the head, neck, and stomach; 68-year-old Melissa Ferne Jackson was shot twice in the head at close range; and 19-year-old Sabrina Hana Jackson was shot in the chest and eye. Alexander sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his foot and was taken to hospital.

Investigators found no signs of forced entry or burglary and became suspicious of Alexander’s account that a masked intruder entered the house. During questioning he denied killing his family but said his father had recently told him he needed to find a job or move out. After an on-scene investigation Alexander was arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree murder; he was later held at the Linn County Correctional Center with bond set at $3 million.

Does anyone have information about the household or what happened that morning that could help clarify the sequence of events?