On December 9, 2015, Leon Jackson, 64, and his wife Shirley Jackson, 65, were found dead outside their home on Burchell Road in Manchester, Kentucky, both with apparent gunshot wounds. Their pastor made the initial discovery after not hearing from the couple and saw Leon lying in the yard before summoning help. Clay County deputies and Kentucky State Police responded and the bodies were sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsies.

Days after the discovery, Leon and Shirley’s son, 42-year-old Gregory Jackson, was arrested initially on a parole violation and for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was later indicted in August 2016 for using his father’s identification to withdraw cash from an ATM on the day of the killings and has been charged in the murders. Court delays, in part blamed on the COVID-19 backlog, pushed proceedings for years; a trial date was set for April 7, 2025, in Clay Circuit Court.

Does anyone in the area remember unusual activity around the Jackson home in December 2015 or have information about the days leading up to the killings?