In 2016 James Hankins, an 85-year-old long-time resident of a South Jackson neighborhood, was shot in the head while working in his yard on McClure Road. The wound was fatal. The attacker also took Hankins’s wallet during the incident.

Investigators identified a suspect named Joshua Duke and linked him to this killing and to several other violent crimes in the area, including the murders of three other people. Duke was tried, convicted for the murder of James Hankins and the other victims, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Anyone who knew James Hankins, his daily routines on McClure Road, or who has information about the events in 2016 is asked to come forward.